Watching the home video clips of Cassidy Waring and her younger brother Cooper in their childhood home in 1990’s Calgary there is a happy family flow which rapidly deteriorated into misery after Cassidy’s parents joined a dart club and quickly fell victim to the bottle. The misery extended beyond Cassidy and Cooper to neighbours andContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN Documentary: “Hearse Chasing”: Seeing the Damage the Bottle Has Done”
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RKS Literature: Daisy Miller Positively Scandalous in Rome (Henry James)
‘It has happened very well,’ said Mrs. Walker. “If she is so perfectly determined to compromise herself, the sooner one knows it the better; one can act accordingly.’ ‘I suspect she meant no harm,’ Winterbourne rejoined. ‘So I thought a month ago. But she has been going too far.’ ‘What has she been doing?’ ‘EverythingContinue reading “RKS Literature: Daisy Miller Positively Scandalous in Rome (Henry James)”
RKS Literature: Third Rate Italians and Fortune Hunters: Winterbourne’s Aunt Writes Him About Daisy Miller (Henry James)
“The young lady, however, is very intimate with some third-rate Italians, with whom she rackets about in a way that makes much talk. The girl goes about alone with her foreigners. As to what happens farther, you must apply elsewhere for information. She has picked up half-a-dozen of the regular Roman fortune hunters, and sheContinue reading “RKS Literature: Third Rate Italians and Fortune Hunters: Winterbourne’s Aunt Writes Him About Daisy Miller (Henry James)”
RKS 2026 Wine: More El Enemigo Bonarda
I recall years ago reading a newsletter from a Canadian wine writer who on occasion would say don’t walk to the store to buy a particular wine but run. I can’t recall using those words but I might be tempted to say that here as El Enemigo Bonarda does not disappoint and it ages wellContinue reading “RKS 2026 Wine: More El Enemigo Bonarda”
RKS Literature: Miss Daisy Miller a Pretty American Flirt (Henry James)
“Some people had told him that, after all, American girls were exceedingly innocent; and others had told him, that after all, they were not. He was inclined to think Miss Daisy Miller was a flirt-a pretty American flirt. He had never, as yet, had any relations with young ladies of this category. He had knownContinue reading “RKS Literature: Miss Daisy Miller a Pretty American Flirt (Henry James)”
RKS Literature: The Americanization of a Swiss Resort Town in June (Henry James)
“In this region, in the month of June, American travellers are extremely numerous; it may be said, indeed, that Vevey assumes at this period some of the characteristics of an American watering place. There are sights and sounds which evoke a vision, an echo, of Newport and Saratoga. There is a flitting hither and thitherContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Americanization of a Swiss Resort Town in June (Henry James)”
RKS Literature: Whites as the Devil in Maabar (Marco Polo)
“The fact is that when a child is born here they anoint him once a week with sesame oil, and this turns him a great deal darker than when he was born. For let me tell you that the blackest men here are held in highest regard and considered superior to those who are notContinue reading “RKS Literature: Whites as the Devil in Maabar (Marco Polo)”
RKS 2026 GREEK WINE: Novus 2023 Altitude Red
Agiorgitiko 68% at 510 m. Syrah 22% at 710 m. Merlot 10% at 580 m. Vinification occurs in stainless steel. Aroma: Raspberry, black cherry and mountainous Hellenic scrub. Palate: Low tannins and acids. Smooth. Somewhat juicy. Lingering peppery finish. Plum. Cactus pear. Cinnamon. Personality: As for grapes the Agiorgitiko makes me by majority Greek. ItContinue reading “RKS 2026 GREEK WINE: Novus 2023 Altitude Red”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY FEELS HIS BOOK IS BEING TAKEN OVER!
RORY FEELS HIS BOOK IS BEING TAKEN OVER! I will reveal the complete story of my abduction up to my liberation. Bob is completing a contract with The Singapore Times for this big scoop. The payments will be used for bursaries for students at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Veterinary Bioscience/Clinical Science. An impostor even wroteContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY FEELS HIS BOOK IS BEING TAKEN OVER!”
RKS Literature: A Final Warning to Ahab Against His Frenzied Chase of Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
“Great God! But for one single instant show thyself,” cried Starbuck; never, never wilt thou capture him, old man-In Jesus’ name no more of this, that’s worse than the devil’s madness. Two days chased; twice stove to splinters; thy very leg once more snatched from under thee; thy evil shadow gone-all good angels mobbing theeContinue reading “RKS Literature: A Final Warning to Ahab Against His Frenzied Chase of Moby Dick (Herman Melville)”
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