POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT Not to make an overarching analogy to Jim Mackay’s phrase for ABC’s Wide World of Sports “The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat” but I would have to apply that phrase to my potty training. When I do my “business” outside everyoneContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Moraine 2022 Cabernet Franc/Merlot from British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley
A token British Columbia wine has trickled on to the shelves of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO). So much noise has been expended in Canada concerning the removal of barriers to interprovincial trade in the face of Trumpian tariffs, but I can’t see a flood of British Columbia wines occupying the LCBO shelvesContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Moraine 2022 Cabernet Franc/Merlot from British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: I MEET MY GODFATHER MR G a Ca Ca Caaa CAT PERSON: COMMENTS ON OBESE WELSH CORGIS
I MEET MY GODFATHER MR G a Ca Ca Caaa CAT PERSON: COMMENTS ON OBESE WELSH CORGIS Last Saturday Fay and Bob invited my godfather Mr G over for dinner and upon entering the house I gave him a very warm welcome. When my tail wags at 100 kms an hour rest assured that isContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: I MEET MY GODFATHER MR G a Ca Ca Caaa CAT PERSON: COMMENTS ON OBESE WELSH CORGIS”
RKS 2025 Wine: El Enemigo Chardonnay from Argentina: 2018 vs. 2023
El Enemigo 2023 Chardonnay Aroma: Up in your face oak as if it has hijacked the wine. Pineapple, mango, pear and cinnamon. Fresher and lighter than the 2018. Palate: A bit raspy and abrasive whereas the 2018 is far smoother. You taste the oak. Rather thin in comparison to the 2018. Acids are noticeable andContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: El Enemigo Chardonnay from Argentina: 2018 vs. 2023”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: FROM EXISTENCE TO LIFE: THE BRIGHT LIGHT SUNSHINE FOR A WESTIE PUPPY
FROM EXISTENCE TO LIFE: THE BRIGHT LIGHT SUNSHINE FOR A WESTIE PUPPY I am finishing off 12 weeks or so since my birth at Ardendale Kennels in Denfield, Ontario. Farm country. Of my two months there I remember little. Drinking mother’s milk and snuggling against her and my brothers and sisters. We played now andContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: FROM EXISTENCE TO LIFE: THE BRIGHT LIGHT SUNSHINE FOR A WESTIE PUPPY”
RKS 2025 Short Film: “The Hemingway”: Elbows Up
Canada currently faces threats of economic decimation and political annexation by you know who. Canadians have adopted a fightback phrase “Elbows Up” a metaphorical reference to hockey players aggressively using their elbows to defend and possibly strike back at aggressors. Patrick Sean O’Brien is saddled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) where the muscles atrophy inContinue reading “RKS 2025 Short Film: “The Hemingway”: Elbows Up”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY PRIDE: MY FIRST KILL….SORT OF…NOT REALLY
PUPPY PRIDE: MY FIRST KILL….SORT OF…NOT REALLY West Highland Terriers are hunters. We aren’t dentists from Wichita that lay peanut butter traps for lions in Africa and blast them hiding behind blinds, take a photograph of their kill and idiotically declare their “Great White Hunter” status. To those hunters I say “Bunga Schmunga. We ferretContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY PRIDE: MY FIRST KILL….SORT OF…NOT REALLY”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY WOES: NEEDLE IN MY FLANK: OUCH!!!!
PUPPY WOES: NEEDLE IN MY FLANK: OUCH!!!! Today we had a double adventure. My first real daylight ride in our car and a trip to a funny smelling animal hospital where we met a lady veterinarian named Dr. CK. I heard Bob saying in the car we were going for a “puppy check” to determineContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY WOES: NEEDLE IN MY FLANK: OUCH!!!!”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: From the Hotbed of Canadian Pinot Noir Excellence: Okanagan Falls Stag’s Hollow Pinot Noir
Can I say I have yet to have a Pinot Noir from the Okanagan in British Columbia I haven’t enjoyed? Displaying my loyalty to this geographic area of British Columbia I often wonder why bother to spend your Canadian dollars in a Burgundian Pinot Noir hunt? Stag’s Hollow Pinot Noirs are always a treat toContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: From the Hotbed of Canadian Pinot Noir Excellence: Okanagan Falls Stag’s Hollow Pinot Noir”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY DELIGHTS: ONE LUCKY SQUIRREL
PUPPY DELIGHTS: ONE LUCKY SQUIRREL A cloudy and windy November day. Was it Jimmy Cliff that sang,” I can see clearly now”…. A wonderful day for visuals. I can see crystal clear. And 50 feet ahead of me through the glass sliding door I see it. The motherlode! A black squirrel flicking its tail andContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: PUPPY DELIGHTS: ONE LUCKY SQUIRREL”
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