“Have you ever been to France Monsieur Martin?” Candide asked. “Yes”, Martin replied, “I have been through several provinces. In some, half the people are mad, in others the people are too cunning; there are some in which they are gentle and foolish, and others where everyone is witty. And in all these provinces theContinue reading “RKS Literature: France: Love, Slander and Nonsense”
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The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version):Chapter 29: All Shook Up! The Fat Fox aka Don Lupara Backs Down
I mean how would you feel receiving a severed goat’s head via Fedex! Ginevra and I were all shook up. Ginerva requested we not talk about it until our Saturday “Discover New York Day”. She had a few calls to make and set somebody straight. And when Ginerva is mad, as I saw with herContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version):Chapter 29: All Shook Up! The Fat Fox aka Don Lupara Backs Down”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (Final Version): Chapter 3: Juanita Wallabong’s Farewell Tour
When I was 14 years old my mother Juanita no longer wanted to give live performances as the anxiety that afflicted her was overwhelming even with those “Mother’s Little Helpers” otherwise known as Xanax and the live performances only encouraged her to continue guzzling gin “to take the edge off”. Despite her live performance anxiety,Continue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (Final Version): Chapter 3: Juanita Wallabong’s Farewell Tour”
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: 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”
RKS 2023 Film: “Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter”
The documentary “Love, Charlie” can be seen as a study of brilliance, passion, perfection and self destruction. The late Chef Charlie Trotter was in the vanguard of new cuisine in the United States for those that could afford it. His story is told by himself, fellow chefs, his first wife, former employees, fellow family members,Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter””
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: Love
“Those of you how quickly the fire of love spreads when it starts to smoulder in the heart and in the imagination will understand that once Love enters two such perfect subjects, he never stops until he has rendered them obedient to his commands, until indeed he has filled them so full of his clearContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: Love”
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