Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis took their book-show to the Middleton Senior Center Thursday where the keeper had a nice visit with a modest assembly of those in his age group, telling them of some of his column-writing adventures in “Treeson: an APOLOGIA …
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Kickass and Tree Dancing
Attribution: Leonhard Lenz, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, may see trees in a different light than the keeper and Phyllis, but on a recent day it was a universal requirement to appreciate and marvel at the big plants as they did what seemed to be a last summer dance …
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Kickass and The Black Hawk War
Attribution: Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has finally finished his bedtime book: “Blackhawk–The Battle for the Heart of America” by Kerry Trask, history prof emeritus at UW Manitowoc. The book is an incredible work and leaves him–the keeper uniquely conditioned …
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Kickass and Phyllis as Publisher
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in singing the praises of Phyllis who has become the in-house publisher of “KICKASS the DOORSTOP DOG (almost daily 2022).” In compiling a year’s worth of Kickass, Phyllis demonstrates many things, not the least of which is her willingness to tolerate …
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Kickass Talks to Doug re: Treeson
Graphic by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis are on the road again as the keeper joins Doug Moe at “Mystery to Me” book store on Monroe street tonight at 6 p.m to discuss the international implications of the keeper’s recent book “Treeson: an APOLOGIA to …
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Kickass and Doug Moe
Graphic by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes “Treeson” is an apology to all the trees that went into making the newsprint to carry the author’s “drivel” to readers of The Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal, Wisconsin State Journal and Stevens Point Daily Journal over a 35-year newspaper career back when newspapers mattered. It uses some of …
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Kickass and Baby Bump Photo
Image by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from updating the photo showing him in the latest version of baby-bump comparisons with three granddaughter in-laws, announces that he will be selling advertising space on his “baby-bump,” on a square-inch basis and with the guarantee that ads will …
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Kickass and Baby Bump Photo
Image by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper recruited the photo artistry of Phyllis in updating the “baby bump” photo of five years ago when he posed with “expecting” granddaughter in-laws Lindsey, Ari and Becky; with the keeper’s “bump” indicating at the time that he might be pregnant …
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Kickass Accepts a Compliment
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting that the keeper is too old for anything like modesty or embarrassment over self-serving activities, hereby shares the recent article by the Cap Times Dave Zwiefel in which Dave said some laudatory things about the keeper’s long-ago slog in the newspaper world and …
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Kickass Braves Weather for Book
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be staying home this morning as the keeper and Phyllis travel to the Drumlin Ridge Independent Living facility in Cottage Grove to do a book reading for “Treeson: an APOLOGIA to Trees” the keeper’s recent attempt at the Nobel. While the regular Thursday …
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Kickass and Monster Cats
Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he once again, in this time of year when barred owls and cats fall in love, reviews the damage done to him as a child when love-sick tom cats gathered beneath a window where he …
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Kickass and Stokes Pokes
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is amazed along with the keeper that the “Stokes Pokes” column identity has resurfaced after all these years as the name of a column for the new “Vista West Breeze,” a newsletter by VW residents. Originated by Sherm Sword, city editor of the Stevens …
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