DYLAN THE WESTIE INTERVENES: THINKS RORY HAS A BIT TOO MUCH OF A SWAGGER! Sorry. I have been in The Land Beyond for over two years now and happily adjusting. I really shouldn’t intervene but Rory has too much of a swagger which can be forgiven (but not left uncommented upon) due to his puppydom.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” (Dylan the Westie Intervenes)”
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RKS Literature: Physician Endorsed Cigarettes (Evelyn Waugh)
“The cigarettes Mr Slump smoked were prepared by doctors, so the advertisements declared, with the sole purpose of protecting the respiratory system. Yet Mr Slump suffered and the young secretary suffered with him, hideously. For the first hours of every day he was possessed of a cough which arose from the tartarean depths and wasContinue reading “RKS Literature: Physician Endorsed Cigarettes (Evelyn Waugh)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” (Mr. G my godfather)
Mr. G My Godfather Prior to delving a bit further into my arrival at Bob and Fay’s domicile perhaps we should mention my Godfather Mr. G. as I wouldn’t be on my way to Bob and Fay’s if it wasn’t for Mr. G. Let me make this clear Mr. G is not a criminal godfatherContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” (Mr. G my godfather)”
RKS Literature: American Girl Preparing to Meet Her Lover (Evelyn Waugh)
“With a steady hand Aimée fulfilled the prescribed rites of an American girl preparing to meet her lover-dabbed herself under the arms with a preparation designed to seal the sweat glands, gargled another to sweeten the breath, and brushed into her hair some odorous drops from a bottle labelled: ‘Jungle Venom’-from the depth of theContinue reading “RKS Literature: American Girl Preparing to Meet Her Lover (Evelyn Waugh)”
RKS Literature: The Suicidal Hanging of Francis Hinsley (Evelyn Waugh)
“They told me, Francis Hinsley, they told me that you were hung With red protruding eyeballs and black protruding tongue; I wept as I remembered how often you and I Had laughed about Los Angeles and now ‘tis here you’ll lie; Here pickled in formaldehyde and painted like a whore Shrimp pink incorruptible, not lostContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Suicidal Hanging of Francis Hinsley (Evelyn Waugh)”
RKS Literature: These Undertakers Will Fix You Up Real Good (Evelyn Waugh)
“We had a loved one last month who was found drowned. He had been in the ocean a month and they only identified him by his wrist-watch. “they fixed that stiff,” said the hostess disconcertingly lapsing from the high diction she had hitherto employed, ‘so he looked like it was his wedding day. The boysContinue reading “RKS Literature: These Undertakers Will Fix You Up Real Good (Evelyn Waugh)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: (WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE I AM GOING TO?)
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE I AM GOING TO? I am not going to say master or mistress as such words suggest a West Highland Terrier is under the control of a human. Quite frankly it just may be the other way around! Just because Westies are featured in many advertisements as cute fluffballs must neverContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: (WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE I AM GOING TO?)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”
FOREWARD My name is Rory Dylan Stephen. I am a West Highland Terrier. We are brave, loyal, curious, stubborn and knock you over cute. I am a late summer pup. If you query what is this smartass puppy doing writing his memoirs. For God’s sake he’s only a puppy! I am writing this masterpiece toContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom””
RKS Literature: The Brutality of the Hun and Trench Warfare (Pat Barker)
“The other expression was the trench expression. It looks quite daunting if you don’t know what it is. Any one of my platoon could have posed for a propaganda poster of the Brutal Hun, but it wasn’t brutality or anything like that It was sort of a morose disgust and it came from living inContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Brutality of the Hun and Trench Warfare (Pat Barker)”
RKS Literature: Australian Blackbirder Slavers (Pat Barker)
“He’d started as a “blackbirder” as so many of the older traders had, kidnapping natives to work on the Queensland plantations, and he was frank about his methods too. Make friends with them, invite them on board ship, get them drunk and Bob’s your uncle, By the time they come around they’re out at seaContinue reading “RKS Literature: Australian Blackbirder Slavers (Pat Barker)”
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