Photo by Bill Stokes
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be dog sitting Boo this week as granddaughter Sarah and Jessy vacate their Chicago digs for some Wisconsin recreating.
Boo, a miniature schnauzer with attitude, is 13 years old, and once lived in Mazomanie with the keeper and Phyllis, so it will be a reunion of sorts.
What it also means for Phyllis is that, when the dog-years math thing is applied, she will be contending with two old dogs of equal age.
The keeper will not be doing the dog-years math, and he would appreciate it if everyone else followed suit: recounting years to deny the calendar truth makes no more sense than recounting legitimate votes; and look where that absurdity is taking things.
The keeper and Boo are as old as they feel: sometimes that has puppy attributes and sometimes it is an age-paced “race” to see who gets the couch. Phyllis will be the decider.
