Category Archives: Canadian serialized fiction.

Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie’s Naughty Christmas Eve: Chapter 15

Everything is settling down nicely with Bob, Fay, Dillie, Karim and me REGGIE! It is cold outside. Poor Karim is not used to the cold but Dillie and I have such beautiful winter coats when we swagger down the street on our walks I think the entire neighbourhood is admiring the FRIENDLY PACK of ScottishContinue reading “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie’s Naughty Christmas Eve: Chapter 15”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie and Dillie Try to Calm Down Karim: Chapter Fourteen

Those of you reading this are human. Do you really comprehend what it is like living the life of a cast-off dog on the streets of Cairo? No you don’t as you are not a dog. You would have to had led the life Karim and I lived in Cairo to understand what I thinkContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie and Dillie Try to Calm Down Karim: Chapter Fourteen”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Karim is Coming to Town! : Chapter 13

I heard some exciting news that Karim is coming to Toronto. Karim is an Egyptian name that means “Noble and Generous”. Not only is Karim coming to Toronto from Cairo but Bob and Fay have put in an application to adopt him. Karim is a street dog and we were friends on the streets. KarimContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Karim is Coming to Town! : Chapter 13”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother:? February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: Smelly Trouble Causing Hippies in Long Fur Coats

 Dear Boys: I am taking a rest before supper. I don’t know when I will have it but it will be later. I have a lousy cold wouldn’t you know it. I ate lunch at 3:30 so dinner will be light. This morning after the breakfast of cold ham, salami, cheese, butter and coffee IContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother:? February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: Smelly Trouble Causing Hippies in Long Fur Coats”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Some Fine Tuning for a Street Dog: Chapter Twelve

I was fully trained at least by Egyptian standards when I was living with my first master Anwar. What do Fay and Bob expect of me knowing I may be a bit rough around the edges because of the tough time I spent on the streets of Cairo? Can I deliver and be the perfectContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Some Fine Tuning for a Street Dog: Chapter Twelve”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie on Probation!: Chapter 11

Here I am after two glorious weeks with Bob, Fay and their West Highland Terrier Dillie. I wake up every morning and say my prayers to Allah and thanking him for taking care of me and I express my gratitude for being alive. Dillie is puzzled by this as Fay and Bob raised and trainedContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie on Probation!: Chapter 11”

Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: My New Life Begins with Bob and Fay and of Course Dillie the Westie! Mornings and Afternoons: Chapter Nine

So you remember my arrival In Toronto from Cairo. A big Rottenwhiler attacked me when I attempted the theft of the food in his bowl. That big guard dog ripped my leg open and I remember losing much blood and I understand a policeman picked me up and carried me to an animal hospital whereContinue reading “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: My New Life Begins with Bob and Fay and of Course Dillie the Westie! Mornings and Afternoons: Chapter Nine”

Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Hurt Yet Again But I Am Tough: Chapter Eight

OK so Anthony and Susan have left me and I am now with Fay and Bob. Will I ever see them again? I felt safe with them and feeling safe is important for a dog and equally so for humans. I am not frightened because I have Fay and Bob by my side and IContinue reading “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Hurt Yet Again But I Am Tough: Chapter Eight”

“The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 54 Meeting with Bernie Maggot and Fleece-Em Investment Management Company

The Greyhound Montreal to New York midnight bus is always a bizarre experience. Invariably Mennonites or Amish are denied entry into the United States. Then that rest stop at Saratoga Springs in New York is like a trip back to a 1950’s diner and the apple pie is almost worth the trip! I arrived inContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 54 Meeting with Bernie Maggot and Fleece-Em Investment Management Company”

“The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous”: Chapter 52: Back to New York to Work with Bernie Maggot

It took two years out of my life with the class action lawsuits resulting from the “disturbances” at the Queen Fairy Hospital for Veterans and the Mugless Mental Hospital. The biggest victory was against the United States Government for conducting covert LSD experimentation on certain Mugless patients. The judgment was for $120 million USD dividedContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous”: Chapter 52: Back to New York to Work with Bernie Maggot”