“The hierarchy of good, however, is not fixed and identical at all times. If someone prefers revenge to justice, he is moral by the standard of an earlier culture, yet by the standard of the present culture he is immoral. ‘Immoral’ then indicates that someone has not felt, or not felt strongly enough, the higher,Continue reading “RKS Literature: The Hierarchy of Good (Friedrich Nietzsche)”
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RKS Literature: Leaving Dead Bodies in the Woods as a Matter of Course (James Fenimore Cooper)
“The whole party moved swiftly through the narrow path, toward the north, leaving the healing waters to mingle unheeded with the adjacent brooks and the bodies of the dead to fester on the neighbouring mount, without the rites of sepulture; a fate but too common to the warriors of the woods to excite either commiserationContinue reading “RKS Literature: Leaving Dead Bodies in the Woods as a Matter of Course (James Fenimore Cooper)”
RKS Poetry Anthology: Creeping October
Creeping October Guess who is in town Homecoming The big college game Goon jocks past and present Pilsner fog Purple painted faced engineers pursuing Colonel Kurtz? Initiation rites Into what? Last binge? And the roar after the big play Fat assed frat girls as a caramel sundae/Sunday’s For their boys And we all know theContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: Creeping October”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia: 19October 2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Obese Americans with Fanny Packs (Ozempic People)
19October 2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Obese Americans with Fanny Packs (Ozempic People) Travelling is primarily observational. Churches, monuments, cuisine, archaeological sites, topography and people. The majority of Americans are obese and benefit from the current vogue word “inclusion”. Obese Americans in fanny packs lolling through Sofitel caught my eye as a bizarre site. Throughout myContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia: 19October 2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Obese Americans with Fanny Packs (Ozempic People)”
RKS Literature: Rosie and the Priest (Giovanni Boccaccio)
“So to begin, there’s a village not far from here called Varlungo, as every one of you knows or will have heard from other people. I had once a valiant priest, a fine figure of a man who served the ladies well. He was not much of a reader, but every Sunday he would spoutContinue reading “RKS Literature: Rosie and the Priest (Giovanni Boccaccio)”
RKS Literature: The Good Book and the Reality in the Colonial Woods (James Fenimore Cooper)
“I have heard it said that there are men who read in books to convince themselves there is a God. I know not but man may so deform his works in the settlement, as to leave that which is so clear in the wilderness a matter of doubt among traders and priests. If any suchContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Good Book and the Reality in the Colonial Woods (James Fenimore Cooper)”
RKS 2026 British Columbia Wine: Smith & Montpetit 2023 Muse
Another limited quantity wine from the Smith and Montpetit Winery in the Similkameen Valley in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 100 cases produced. A Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend. Barrel aged 12 months in 30% two-year-old French oak and 70% in neutral French oak. Six barrels produced. Wild yeast fermented. Aroma: Silky smoothness. BingishContinue reading “RKS 2026 British Columbia Wine: Smith & Montpetit 2023 Muse”
RKS Literature: Riccardo da Chinzica loses his wife (Giovanni Boccaccio)
“There was once a judge in Pisa with more brains than muscle called Messer Riccardo da Chinzica, who may have thought that what worked well with his studies would satisfy a wife too. Being very rich, he was able to devote considerable time and effort to searching for a good-looking young lady to marry, whereasContinue reading “RKS Literature: Riccardo da Chinzica loses his wife (Giovanni Boccaccio)”
RKS Poetry Anthology: Anxiety
ANXIETY That horrible feeling of terror Upon waking up Nothing wrong physically they say Based on MRI and trusty brain dye Cognitive therapy Medications Mindfulness CBD The coping tools But I am feeling what fools As I wake up yet again with that feeling of terror Robert K. Stephen
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): 19October 2025: Of Rabies and the Ozempic Cast from Viking Cruise Lines
19October 2025: Of Rabies and the Ozempic Cast from Viking Cruise Lines Descending into Siem Reap airport I was taken by the sparseness of vegetation and the flat topography. I was thinking Cambodia…jungle. On the bus to the hotel one can see what is referred to a mountain in the far distance. Flat fields withContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): 19October 2025: Of Rabies and the Ozempic Cast from Viking Cruise Lines”
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