Dillie and I miss Karim. Dillie has seen his dog friends die and go to The Land Beyond but I have not seen many and Karim was a fellow street dog who went through suffering and trauma in Cairo with me and finally ended up in a happy home and then he just died. ThisContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: We Are Attacked by a Voracious and Demented German Shepherd; Chapter Twenty Two (22)”
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RKS Literature: The Unattainable Woman (Gustave Flaubert)
“She seemed so virtuous and inaccessible to him that he lost all hope, even the faintest. But, by thus renouncing her, he made her ascend to extraordinary heights. She transcended, in his eyes, those sensuous attributes which were forever out of his reach; and in his heart she rose forever, soaring away from him likeContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Unattainable Woman (Gustave Flaubert)”
RKS Literature: Initial Delusions of Emma Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
“All the while, however, she was waiting in her heart for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despairing eyes upon the solitude of her life, seeking afar some white sail in the mists of the horizon. She did not know what this act of fortune would be, what wind would bring it, towardContinue reading “RKS Literature: Initial Delusions of Emma Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)”
Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie Asks Why Did Karim Die? Chapter Twenty One (21)
On New Year’s morning Dillie and I howled after Karim’s death. It was Dillie that got me howling for two reasons. He thought if we were loud enough Karim could hear us and our howling would be a good-bye we never had the time to say. Secondly, we were so sad it was as ifContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie Asks Why Did Karim Die? Chapter Twenty One (21)”
Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie’s Painful Start to the New Year: Safe Travels Dear Karim : Chapter Twenty (20)
Torontonians like to celebrate on New Year’s Eve. Are they happy to end the year or begin a new year. Puzzling humans! I am happy with the past year as I arrived safely in Canada and luckily landed with Bob, Fay and Dillie. Even Karim has joined us. I have much to be thankful for.Continue reading “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie’s Painful Start to the New Year: Safe Travels Dear Karim : Chapter Twenty (20)”
RKS Literature: Priests Wallowing in Squalid Ignorance (Gustave Flaubert)
“I believe in the Supreme Being, in a Creator whatever he may be. I care little who has placed us here below to fulfill our duties as citizens and parents; but I don’t need to go to a church to kiss silver plates and fatten, out of my pocket, a lot of good-for-nothings who liveContinue reading “RKS Literature: Priests Wallowing in Squalid Ignorance (Gustave Flaubert)”
RKS Literature: “Madame Bovary”: Her Useless Husband Charles (Gustave Flaubert)
“Why, at least, was not her husband one of those silently determined men who work at their books all night, and at last, when at sixty rheumatism was upon them, wear a string of medals on their ill-fitting black coat? She would have wished this name of Bovary, which was hers, to be illustrious. ToContinue reading “RKS Literature: “Madame Bovary”: Her Useless Husband Charles (Gustave Flaubert)”
Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Bob and Fay Speak About Reggie: Chapter Nineteen (19)
Our initial meeting with Reggie was a chance one at Sherwood Park in Toronto at an off-leash trail. Reggie was with his foster parents Anthony and Susan. Our West Highland Terrier Dillie and Reggie hit it off right off the bat. Reggie was well mannered and even shook Bob’s hand. Buddhists believe in auspicious connectionsContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Bob and Fay Speak About Reggie: Chapter Nineteen (19)”
Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: Anwar Speaks From The Land Beyond: Allah’s Hint About Reggie! Chapter Eighteen
My name is Anwar. I was Reggie’s master after the demise of his previous one. I was given Reggie when he was still a puppy. The wife of a good friend of mine gave Reggie to me. Her husband was a journalist with an Egyptian television network based in Cairo. He hosted a political commentaryContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: Anwar Speaks From The Land Beyond: Allah’s Hint About Reggie! Chapter Eighteen”
RKS Literature: Renewed Life with The First High-Ball of the Day (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
“Only for a brief moment every day in the warmth and renewed life of a first high-ball did his mind turn to those opalescent dreams of future pleasure-the mutual heritage of the happy and the damned. But this was only for a little while. As he grew drunker the dreams faded and he became aContinue reading “RKS Literature: Renewed Life with The First High-Ball of the Day (F. Scott Fitzgerald)”
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