Tag Archives: Robert K. Stephen

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3August1971: Skiros, Greece: We Are Sleeping Outside Under a Grape Arbor

Dear Mother: This is my last letter till I get off Skiros. Every Greek Island brought something new. There was only one small hotel and it was full so we are out of town in vineyard. We have cots to sleep on hoping we are not visited by any scorpions. The sun wakes us upContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3August1971: Skiros, Greece: We Are Sleeping Outside Under a Grape Arbor”

RKS 2024 Wine: Casa Dea 2017 Amore: The Mystery Wine: A Bit Sloppy on the Marketing but The Taste?? Did Mommy or Daddy Have an Affair?

There is nothing on the label of the 2017 Amore from Casa Dea Estates Winery indicating what grape is in the bottle. The label states “Amore is a lush, blended red wine”. A blend means more than one grape. Trying to solve the puzzle I visit the Casa Dea website and the bottle shown forContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Casa Dea 2017 Amore: The Mystery Wine: A Bit Sloppy on the Marketing but The Taste?? Did Mommy or Daddy Have an Affair?”

RKS 2024 Film: “Our Time to Be Kind”: Of Tears and Trust: Of Science and Hysteria

“Our Time to Be Kind”, a Canadian documentary, is ostensibly a profile of Dr. Bonnie Henry the Provincial Health Officer of the Canadian province of British Columbia during that time of COVID pandemania where science and hysteria co-existed. As a Torontonian, British Columbia is a 5-hour flight away but Dr. Bonnie Henry was often onContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Our Time to Be Kind”: Of Tears and Trust: Of Science and Hysteria”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie Goes to Hollywood on the Disney Private Jet! Who is this Larry David Guy and What Type of Breed of Dog is Snoop Dog? Chapter Twenty Four (24)

I know that Bob is a writer just like Anwar my late master was. Little did I know he was writing a book about me Reggie! Who would be interested in a book about a cur like me? Bob thinks it is a children’s book. Fay laughs saying it is yet a nowhere and nothingContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: Reggie Goes to Hollywood on the Disney Private Jet! Who is this Larry David Guy and What Type of Breed of Dog is Snoop Dog? Chapter Twenty Four (24)”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog : The Final Cut: Reggie Visits the Psychiatrist: Chapter Twenty Three (23)

My enthusiasm and zest for life really has diminished in these past few weeks. My thoughts have changed since the death of my dog friend Karim and after the dog attack by that mean German Shepherd Layla. I am not very hungry. I sleep less and the quality is poor. I am not excited aboutContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog : The Final Cut: Reggie Visits the Psychiatrist: Chapter Twenty Three (23)”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 14June1970: New York/Athens: Where to Next?

Dear Mother and Mother S: We left Montreal on June 9th in the afternoon and arrived in New York after taking the midnight bus from Montreal. We found it easy and fast. Barb was not in New York as she was in Amsterdam. Her roommates took very good care of us. We left from KennedyContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 14June1970: New York/Athens: Where to Next?”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut: We Are Attacked by a Voracious and Demented German Shepherd; Chapter Twenty Two (22)

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)”

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)”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17June1970: On The Mediterranean en Route To Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia

Dear Diane and Gerald: We boarded a Russian cruise ship the Adsharia in Piraeus in Greece. There are 3 stops. It is the first cruise of the season so there only 35 people on a ship that can carry 330. The first stop is Corfu, then Venice and then Dubrovnik. I met a handsome GermanContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 17June1970: On The Mediterranean en Route To Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia”