Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the info that the keeper will be on Larry Meiller’s WPR radio show Tuesday at 11 am to talk about his book “Treeson: an ALOLOGIA To Trees” that went to make the paper used to print the keeper’s 35 years of newspaper …
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Month:February 2023
Kickass and Ugly Rooster
Thorsten Denhard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is refining his campaign to keep a small flock of chickens on his Vista West balcony after reading of the man in Ireland dying of a heart attack following an attack by one of his own chickens. His …
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Drifting Away
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Lately, my wife and I have gotten in the habit of letting the TV lull us to sleep. We sit on the couch, mesmerized, almost stoned by the monotony of late-night television, until we finally start dozing off. I’ll make my way up to bed about eleven o’clock, …
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Kickass and Hog Towers
Baileynorwoodrocks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, guides the keeper in celebrating “The Day of Pigs,” by way of eating some of Phyllis’s typically delicious pork- based soup; and in reading about how the Chinese are building 27-story, hog-towers in an effort to meet the demand for pork from …
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Kickass and Vow Renewal Ceremony
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog reports that the wedding-vow renewal festivities for the keeper and Phyllis and others at Vista West went off without a hitch–no pun intended. Witnessed by the keeper’s sons Larry and Mike, daughter-in-law Linda; Phyllis’s son Todd and granddaughter Taylor, the event–vowing ceremony, dinner and …
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Kickass and Valentine Vows
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will assist the keeper and Phyllis today as they join other Vista West residents in Valentine’s Day festivities that includes a renewal of wedding vows. Not to give anything away, but to demonstrate his sincerity, the following is just one of the vows that …
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Mighty Love
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Originally Published 2/14/2022 By Geoff Carter In her novel Surfacing, Margaret Atwood wrote “The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them, there ought to be as many for love.” She‘s probably right, although what passes for love today might not be as important to us as snow …
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Kickass and Deserted Dells
Jonas Dovydenas , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes with the keeper that now is the time to visit Wisconsin Dells, which he–the keeper and Phyllis did Sunday. It was largely a drive-through the water park area since the keeper’s idea of water fun is using water to make coffee. Their unobstructed walk …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Film Review of “Triangle of Sadness”
Photo by Jake Hills on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/23LET4Hxj_U Human Triangulation: Review of Triangle of Sadness A herd of male models—if that’s the proper collective noun for a group of them; maybe a pride or a flamboyance or a charm of male models would be more appropriate—at any rate, at the beginning of the film Triangle of Sadness, this group is …
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Kickass and Grandchildren
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens to the keeper’s observation that while grandchildren do not stay cute and cuddly very long but instead become adults with all the baggage that goes with that, they still remain objects of love and descendants to be proud of. Meet Bud and Beau, …
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Kickass and Planetary Comment
Antonino Vara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s special communications powers intercepted an outer space transmission from an advanced planet that his been observing Earth since the human species came down out of the trees: “Your Earth Observation Authority (EOA) is happy to report that …
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Kickass Speaks for Chickens
Adriel anv00, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is cooperating with the keeper in responding to the following message from chickens: “To whom it may concern, and all of those who eat eggs, not to mention chicken soup and drumsticks. “Recent events–mainly food prices, have brought unexpected attention to …
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