Andreas Bohnenstengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in thanking Karen Mayers for pointing out that April 18 was “National Columnist Day,” which gives the keeper an opportunity to lament the fact that he cannot stop writing columns even at an age when he might …
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Kickass and Phyllis’s Cataract
Attribution: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper dropped Phyllis off at the UW Health facility this morning for the second of her cataract procedures; and he is now mulling over the possibility that Phyllis’s vision may improve to the point where she …
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Kickass Advice on Winter Survival
NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis on this miserable, blizzardy morning in passing along seasonal advice for adjusting to and surviving winter now that Wisconsin’s three-day summer is over: ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-and repeat if necessary! Hold the applause! The keeper and Phyllis enjoy …
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Kickass on Campus
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cheered the keeper and Phyllis on as they used the flawless sunny Saturday to soak up some spring and some youth in the vicinity of the UW. A walk out onto picnic point made the points that leashed dogs think the day is all …
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Kickass and Chicken Trouble
Adriel anv00, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to offer meaningful help to the keeper as he struggles to sort through a long lifetime of memories, a case in point being just whose chickens was it that, as a toddler, he frightened into a destructive panic by …
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Kickass and Hummingbird Soup
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has some doubts about the keeper’s project of teaching hummingbirds to eat sunflower seeds so he can stay within the “only hummingbird feeders rule” on the balconies at Vista West where he and Phyllis reside. So far the finches and sparrows, while demonstrating a …
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Kickass and the Anniversary
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper today in the anniversary celebration of Phyllis and the keeper as, in this season of love and nesting and mating, they mark their four treasured married years while the birds tweet sweet nothings and the creatures all murmur to each other …
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Kickass and Oldest Sibling
Attribution: personal archive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that both the keeper and Phyllis are the first born in their respective families which gave them special authority on the recent national sibling day–April 10–to pass along the following guidelines for the proper treatment of an older sister …
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Kickass and the Rancher’s Daughter
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has fond lets-pretend memories of being a cowboy in New Mexico, and later of naming a book–“Hi-ho Silver Anyway,” as part of that recall; and always there was a love interest in which the keeper rescued a beautiful rancher’s daughter and rode off into …
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Kickass and Jessy’s Gifts
Photo by Phyllis Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, marvels at the keeper’s good fortune in having grandchildren like Jessy who wisely and kindly anticipate his “equipment” needs and provide him with the means to do whatever activity is important in his life at the time. So, Jessy came bearing a gorgeous Afghan that she had …
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Kickass Takes Morning Off
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be taking this Beautiful Easter morning off from his duties of saving the world and making Phyllis’s life perfect; to wish everyone well, and to rest up for the intimidating daily task of putting on his shoes. Photo by …
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Kickass Hosts Ava
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper and Phyllis in hosting Ava, a laid-back and laid-down beagle owned by Todd, Phyllis’s son who is off to a card-collector show. Ava’s mission in life is to pack as much sleep into a day as possible, preferably on the soft …
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