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RKS Poetry: “B.11.529: Greedy and Too Late”

B.11.529: Greedy and Too Late Mutated COVID-19 with apparent origins in South Africacases already in Europevaliant and brave efforts to block the spreadlest the First World descend to yet another lockdown dreadit would have been better to avoid by sharing the vaccine to the Second and Third World insteadthe First World Countries got far tooContinue reading “RKS Poetry: “B.11.529: Greedy and Too Late””

RKS Films: “La Flamme Rouge”: A Bit Overwhelming the First Time Around!

Occasionally I watch a film that I review twice and several times more than twice. If you watch “La Flamme Rouge” you may need multiple views because it is so full of subplots that it is hard to connect all the dots on one view. However the film, written and directed by the Maze BrothersContinue reading “RKS Films: “La Flamme Rouge”: A Bit Overwhelming the First Time Around!”

RKS Wines: Frightened by the Unknown Malagousia

My bet is that many wine drinkers are frightened by grapes they rarely encounter. Always sticking to the same wines made with the same grapes dulls the mind. Sameness equals boredom but that’s me and may not be you. Could you imagine having pork chops, mashed potatoes and peas for dinner every night. What wouldContinue reading “RKS Wines: Frightened by the Unknown Malagousia”

Poetry Corner: “Damn Goat Soap!”

Damn Goat Soap! Having run out of the usual body washusing goat soap instead and suddenly a burgeoning rashthe chest is itchy and on fireI am perplexed and full of ireI have perhaps eaten to many mussels and oysters in the past few days?could be some flesh eating bacteria that will cut me down inContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Damn Goat Soap!””

RKS Wines: The Inexpensive Greek: Nemea 2016 Reserve; My Brush With Celebrities!

Most of my time in Greece has been spent on the Aegean Island of Samos south of Lesvos and just off the Turkish coast. Samos produces absolutely world class sweet Muscat wines some of which are fortified. Over the past few years the United Winemaking Agricultural Cooperative of Samos has tried to create a brandContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Inexpensive Greek: Nemea 2016 Reserve; My Brush With Celebrities!”

RKS Film: The Assassination of the American President: Insanity? Brilliance? Time Traveller? “Who is Amos Otis? “

Assume Trump actually successfully stole the election resulting in democracy’s continued erosion, race riots, bounties for journalists, scientists concerned about climate change and all enemies of the demagogue snuffed out with the world heading into a crisis. Then imagine Trump was assassinated with crowds dancing in the streets clashing with “patriots”. Well you have theContinue reading “RKS Film: The Assassination of the American President: Insanity? Brilliance? Time Traveller? “Who is Amos Otis? “”

RKS Wines: Quadrus Red 2015 from the Douro

You have some of your usual suspects in the Douro grape department. 55% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz and 15% Sousão. The colour of the wine verges on purple which may be the result of the dark juiced Sousão. As for aromas there is an overall creaminess to the nose which is brimming with livelyContinue reading “RKS Wines: Quadrus Red 2015 from the Douro”

RKS Wine: Dão Delights

130 kilometres southwest of Porto you’ll find yourself in Dão’s capital Viseu which is a quaint city and very much lower key than Porto probably as it is a landlocked area and there are none of the culture killing cruise ships with their ruinous trail of destruction. The Dão landscape is in some parts likeContinue reading “RKS Wine: Dão Delights”

RKS Wines: Wines from the Outer Limits: Portugal’s Tejo

We get more wines from Hungary in the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s Vintage releases than we do from the Tejo region which runs behind and parallel to the Lisboa wine region. One has arrived like a spaceship in Ontario and it’s a Quinta da Escusa. It is a white blend of the dry ArintoContinue reading “RKS Wines: Wines from the Outer Limits: Portugal’s Tejo”

Go Go! Clap Clap!

Go Go! Clap Clap! Of course get your vaccine if you wish!but you may not have a choiceI think that is called coercion but the apologists for despotism may call it fulfilling the social contract?but do you recall the initial trumpeting of 96% effectiveness of the Vnot quite hearing that now in the media asContinue reading “Go Go! Clap Clap!”