“Oblonsky smiled. He knew that feeling of Levin’s so well – that for Levin all the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except Kitty, and they all had all the human weaknesses and were very ordinary girls: while Kitty was in a classContinue reading “RKS Passage of the Day: Tolstoy’s Anna Karenin: Two Classes of Women”
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RKS True Story: Roma Panhandlers and a BMW in Athens
So I am sitting in a neighbourhood square in the Pangrati district of Athens having a late lunch with my wife and some friends. In the course of an hour 3 Roma panhandlers appeared putting on a dramatic and a tiresome act that has been perfected over the decades. It could be Rome, Paris orContinue reading “RKS True Story: Roma Panhandlers and a BMW in Athens”
RKS Literature: “Gotcha” by Robert Fulford
“In the same way literature offers us the opportunity to escape the two most pressing forms of bondage in our normal existence: time and ego. Emotionally and intellectually , literature dissolves the rules of time and beckons us toward Periclean Athens, Czarist Russia, Elizabethan England, and a thousand other moments of the past. By lengtheningContinue reading “RKS Literature: “Gotcha” by Robert Fulford”
RKS Literature: from Peter Carey’s Short Story “A Letter to Our Son”
“The obstetrician’s statement was not of course categorical and not everyone who has cancer dies, but Alison was, at that instant confronting the fear that we fear most. When the doctor said those words, it was like a dream or nightmare. I heard them said. And when we hugged each other-when the doctor had gone-weContinue reading “RKS Literature: from Peter Carey’s Short Story “A Letter to Our Son””
RKS Literature Passage of the Day: Isabel Allende’s Short Story “Two Words”
“The day Belisa Crepusculario found out that words fly about loose, with no master, and that anyone with a little cunning can catch them and start a trade. She reflected on her own situation, and realized that, other than becoming a prostitute in a rich man’s kitchen, there were few jobs that she could do.Continue reading “RKS Literature Passage of the Day: Isabel Allende’s Short Story “Two Words””
“Virus # 26 Director’s Cut : Chapter 20 Lessons Learnt from the COVIDs: Sick Seniors Get Slammed in Long Term Care”
COVID found many victims amongst elderly long-term care “residents” so many so it virtually culled these “residents”. The worst hit were in privately run senior’s residences and long-term care facilities. The profit motive and proper senior’s care were not a good fit. As more of these facilities were inspected a whole raft of shocking storiesContinue reading ““Virus # 26 Director’s Cut : Chapter 20 Lessons Learnt from the COVIDs: Sick Seniors Get Slammed in Long Term Care””
“Travels to a Different Time” : March 2002: Cancun Mexico; Off to Chichen Itza and Tulum Again
This is third trip to Chichen Itza, the second time for Alexandra but Andrew’s first visit. The trip by bus with a guide will cost $300 CDN. The bus picked us up at the hotel at 08:30 and we arrived there some two and half hours later in steaming jungle heat. A few tawdry souvenirContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : March 2002: Cancun Mexico; Off to Chichen Itza and Tulum Again”
RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: David Nicholls “One Day ”
“But not that much joy, and this year it seems that every time she leaves the house some new infant is being jammed in her face. She feels the same dread as when someone produces a brick sized pile of their holiday snaps; great that you had a nice time, but what’s that got toContinue reading “RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: David Nicholls “One Day ” “
“Travels to a Different Time”: March 2002 Cancun Mexico: The “Quaint Fishing Village” of Puerto Adventuras
I recall at the briefing from the tour company rep at the hotel there is a quaint fishing village within walking distance of the hotel. What is quaint is a matter of opinion and when it is uttered by a tour company representative is it as meaningful as discussing the honesty of the former viceContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time”: March 2002 Cancun Mexico: The “Quaint Fishing Village” of Puerto Adventuras “
RKS Poetry
The Current State of Canadian Healthcare Oh federal and provincial governments you had warnings about a healthcare system on the brinkBut you wanted to avoid an electoral stinkabout brazen governmental deficitsso make the cuts and let the health care system hit the pitsnot to mention the deregulation and lax enforcement concerning long term carehave youContinue reading “RKS Poetry”
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 