Robert K. Stephen – Page 360 – A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity

Cork Away # 1: Australian Wine at The Liquor Control Board of Ontario The Australian Winery Yalumba makes an excellent “Y Series Viognier” at a very reasonable price. This time we try an organic Shiraz available at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. It has a black cherry colour. As for aromatics black cherry, blackberryContinue reading

“The COVID Cruise”: “The Nature of Things” Gives an Up Close and Personal View of the Diamond Princess Incident

David Suzuki on November 27th in his “Nature of Things” presents an episode “The COVID Cruise” which is a behind the scenes look of The Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama Japan in February with 3,700 passengers and crew on board. You may recall there was an outbreak of COVID-19 on the ship whichContinue reading ““The COVID Cruise”: “The Nature of Things” Gives an Up Close and Personal View of the Diamond Princess Incident”

Branded Like Cattle But It is for Your Own Good!

Welcome to the trial Common Pass which will be a prerequisite for travel and touted as temporary in the face of COVID-19 just as personal income tax in many jurisdictions was implemented to finance The Great War of 1914-18. The Commons Project is partly financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. Now Rockefeller, There’s a name toContinue reading “Branded Like Cattle But It is for Your Own Good!”

Medico-Political Totalitarianism Fueled by COVID?

Being mindful one might step back in a non- judgemental fashion and itemize what some see as the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Freedom of association has been eliminated Union collective agreements have been “legally” violated Politicians are “deferring” to their team of non-elected medical experts on extremely political decisions Medico experts are obsessed withContinue reading “Medico-Political Totalitarianism Fueled by COVID?”

The Unmindfulness of Outgoing President Trump

There is a great Eastern based story that is taught to many mindfulness students. A man is on a hunting expedition and the party enters into enemy territory. The man is shot by an arrow in the ankle. In great pain he reacts with anger criticizing himself for being so stupid. Why was he recklesslyContinue reading “The Unmindfulness of Outgoing President Trump”

“The Goddess of Fortune”: Love as the Great Forgiver

“The Goddess of Fortune” is described partly in genre as an “LGBT Film”. The more references I see to this being a genre the more frustrated I get. The more a community defines itself as such the less it becomes human. It can be made subject to an analogy of late In the current AmericanContinue reading ““The Goddess of Fortune”: Love as the Great Forgiver”

“First We Eat”: A Lighthearted Film Takes on More Serious Overtones The Canadian documentary “First We Eat” takes a rather amusing and lighthearted perspective on the challenges of eating locally particularly in Canada’s Yukon. It was precipitated by a landslide that covered the only road into Dawson City. Grocery shelves were emptied in 48 hours.Continue reading

Canada embarrasses itself almost to the point of kidnapping: The Meng Wanzhou Abduction

It’s been almost two years that Meng Wanzhou has been held in a rather luxurious house arrest in British Columbia. Yes Canada did not have much of a choice in the matter due to its extradition treaty with the United States. But the extradition trial has dragged on in an interminable fashion to the pointContinue reading “Canada embarrasses itself almost to the point of kidnapping: The Meng Wanzhou Abduction”

“There are No Lions in Tel Aviv”: A Story of Passion, Greed and Downfall: Toronto Jewish Film Festival

There was once a Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Schornstein who arrived in Palestine in 1935 from Copenhagen. Not wishing to remain a rabbi he transformed his love of animals into a pet shop then donated all his animals to establish a zoo in Tel Aviv. The deal was the Zoo gets the animals and he wouldContinue reading ““There are No Lions in Tel Aviv”: A Story of Passion, Greed and Downfall: Toronto Jewish Film Festival”

The Barren Land of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

If you have been exposed to an MBSR/MBCT course through a hospital which is quite often a step for people suffering from depression, anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder mindfulness becomes a bland therapeutic tool focusing on a apparently simplistic tool of meditation focusing on the breath to give the mind a respite from what hasContinue reading “The Barren Land of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)”