Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS Literature: The Manufactured James Dean Legend (Truman Capote)

“James Dean, the young motion-picture actor killed in a car accident in 1955, was promoted throughout his phosphorescent career as the all-American ‘mixed up kid’ the symbol of misunderstood hot-rodding youth with a switchblade approach to life’s little problems. When he died, an expensive film in which he starred, Giant, had yet to be released,Continue reading “RKS Literature: The Manufactured James Dean Legend (Truman Capote)”

RKS Literature: Your One Chance When Being Charged by Elephants (Mary Kingsley)

“In the present case I remembered, hastily, that your one chance when charged by several elephants is to dodge them around trees, working downwind all the time, and go home. It was evident from the utter unconcern of these monsters that I was downwind now, so I had only attend to dodging, and I promptlyContinue reading “RKS Literature: Your One Chance When Being Charged by Elephants (Mary Kingsley)”

RKS Literature: Smoked Meat Cannibal Style (Mary Kingsley)

“Moreover I fancy it safer not to have an overpowering percentage of Fans in the party, as I know we shall have considerable stretches of uninhabited forest to traverse; and the Ajuma say that the Fans will kill people, i.e. the black traders who venture into their country, and cut them up into neat pieces,Continue reading “RKS Literature: Smoked Meat Cannibal Style (Mary Kingsley)”

RKS Literature: West African Villagers See Their First White Person (Mary Kingsley)

“Every child in the place as soon as it saw my white face let a howl out of it as if it had seen his Satanic Majesty, horns, hoofs, tail and all, and fled into the nearest hut, headlong, and I fear, from the continuance of the screams, had fits. The town was exceedingly filthy-theContinue reading “RKS Literature: West African Villagers See Their First White Person (Mary Kingsley)”

RKS Literature: A Man Should Never Have a Wife (Yoshida Kenkō)

“The one thing a man should not have is a wife. It is depressing to watch her bear children and fuss over them, and things don’t end with his death, for then you have the shameful sight of her growing old and decrepit as a nun. No matter who the woman may be, you wouldContinue reading “RKS Literature: A Man Should Never Have a Wife (Yoshida Kenkō)”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: TERROR ON A SUBURBAN STREET: COYOTE CONFRONTATION!

TERROR ON A SUBURBAN STREET: COYOTE CONFRONTATION! Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer were in a certain contest that had some reference to being masters in their domain? I am master of my backyard domain as there I am the hunter. Squirrells, opossums and rabbits are my prey. Last night IContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: TERROR ON A SUBURBAN STREET: COYOTE CONFRONTATION!”

RKS Literature: Truman Capote Muses on Japanese Food (Truman Capote)

“The steak was excellent; Japanese take a just pride in the quality of their beef. The spaghetti, a dish popular in Japan was not; nor was the rest-the conglomeration of peas, potatoes and beans. Granted the menu was a queer one, it is on the whole a mistake to order Western food in Japan, yetContinue reading “RKS Literature: Truman Capote Muses on Japanese Food (Truman Capote)”

RKS Literature: The Entertaining and Typical Drunk (Yoshida Kenkō)

“All things considered, a drunkard is so entertaining he can be forgiven his sins. Think of the charming scene when a master throws open the door on his servant, who is sound asleep next morning after an exhausting night on the drink. The poor befuddled fellow rushes off, rubbing his bleary eyes, topknot exposed onContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Entertaining and Typical Drunk (Yoshida Kenkō)”

RKS Literature: Loathsome but Hard to Resist a Cup of Sake (Yoshida Kenkō)

“Yet, as loathsome though one finds it, there are situations where a cup of sake is hard to resist. On a moonlit night, a snowy morning, or beneath flowering cherry trees, it increases all the pleasures of the moment to bring out the sake cups and settle down to talk serenely together over a drink.Continue reading “RKS Literature: Loathsome but Hard to Resist a Cup of Sake (Yoshida Kenkō)”

RKS 2026 EURO Wine: Château Le Cap 2022 From Bordeaux: Operation Epic Fury Blackberry and Black Cherry

Aroma: It murmurs black fruit. Nothing ostentatious or flashy but then not playing hard to get. It is there. Buried in the core but not so deep a Trump Bunker Buster can’t obliterate it! In addition to the Operation Epic Fury blackberry and black cherry some licorice and vanilla. Palate: Moderately tannic. Acids are outContinue reading “RKS 2026 EURO Wine: Château Le Cap 2022 From Bordeaux: Operation Epic Fury Blackberry and Black Cherry”