Attribution: Video by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis spend considerable time and energy relating to the land areas of their past while giving the waters–creeks, lakes and rivers—only passing mention. Such was the case with a recent visit to the keeper’s boyhood haunts when water …
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Kickass and Cows Over Turkeys
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, by enlisting in the Army and leaving Barron County haunts as a teenager, missed out on the revolution of county agricultural from cows to turkeys, and he is happy about that. A recent visit showed vast former fields and pastures …
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Kickass and Sarah’s Fungi
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Kickass and More Going Home Again
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper continuing to wallow in the “going home” experience of revisiting his boyhood haunts in Wisconsin’s Barron County, of standing in the exact spots where he experienced the wonderful ups and downs of pre-fledging days—getting bucked off his pony, cranking at a …
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Kickass Makes It Home Again
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with the kind help of wife Phyllis, son Mike and granddaughter Sarah, has proven that you can go home again despite what Wolfe wrote, and you can meet up with cousins Pat and Ron and Barbara for a catch-up on …
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Kickass and Old Haunts
Attribution: Photo by Peter Werkman on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the word that the keeper and Phyllis will be joining son Mike and granddaughter Sarah to travel north to some of the keeper’s old haunts just to see if they have recovered from the damage incurred by his youthful excesses. A full report will …
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Kickass and ICE Confrontation
Attribution: Ratel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, in consultation with his new partner Bad Ass Badger, informs the keeper and Phyllis that the recommended response to confrontation by a ICE agent is to ask the masked agent if his or her mother knows what they are up to …
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Kickass and Badass Badger
Attribution: Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, along with the keeper and Phyllis proudly announce their association with “Bad Ass Badger.” The story of “Bad Ass Badger” has its beginning when he was denied membership in the Silver Badgers, a Madison west-side group …
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Kickass and Health Maintaining
Attribution: Photo by Laurynas Me on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis looking for a parallel to their constant efforts to keep up with their prescribed maintenance schedule and in the keeper’s case it would be akin to keeping a steam locomotive on the tracks and out of the way of …
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Kickass and Pasture Bulls
Attribution: akial, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper resists reality at every aging moment, but must admit that it is unlikely he will have an opportunity to test his late fishing friend John Lawton’s theory of how to proceed when encountering an aggressive bull in a …
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Kickass and “The Assassins”
Attribution: Capitol Theater, Madison, Wisconsin: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis joining neighbors Marsha and Jack to catch the last Madison Overture performance of “The Assassins,” the Sondheim-Weidman musical created 35 years ago and updated to include …
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Kickass and Recliner Experience
Attribution: DelmerViramontes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis having weathered out of a drive to the middle of the state Saturday found themselves with a daylong opportunity to stay off the stormy roads and do something worthwhile. Phyllis did some organizational work with members …
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