Attribution: Photo by infinyd photo on Unsplash By Geoff Carter “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” —Helen Keller She would know. Trapped in a world of silence and darkness as a child after being afflicted with an acute fever, fully aware that a world existed outside her perception must have …
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Kickass and Sit and Stay
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be starting the new year by assisting the keeper and Phyllis as they review the true significance of “sit and stay!” in their lives. This old dog-training command obviously goes far beyond its original aim of having the target subject actually “sit and …
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Eve of Destruction?
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last Saturday, two days after participating in our local rendition of the No Kings March, which drew over 15,000 people in Milwaukee, I—like most Americans—was appalled and disgusted to see a backhoe tearing down the East Wing of the White House the following Monday morning. It was as …
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Kickass and NO KINGS Women
Photos by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as a “No Kings” observer, reports the keeper closeted in his sophisticated analytical lab trying to put meaning to the fact that there were many more women than men among the seven million “No Kings” participants. In the keeper’s personal case, Phyllis and her …
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