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In Nebraska

Posted on March 31, 2022Updated on March 31, 2022by Geoff CarterCategories:Nature, Social Commentary, Travel

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I recently had occasion to take a long cross-country road trip, spanning the Midwest, Colorado, and New Mexico. It’s a grueling ride, taking over twenty hours, but the pain is worth it. Driving through the plains and rolling hills and sometimes bleak plains offers the opportunity to get …
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Kickass and 757 Travel Plans

Posted on June 11, 2021Updated on June 11, 2021by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Travel

Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that Phyllis’s weekend visit with her Ohio daughter Gina has put the keeper in a state of some discombobulation, but it has also given him an opportunity to suggest future travel plans for Phyllis that would include …
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Kickass and Women Hikers

Posted on April 13, 2021Updated on July 14, 2022by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Nature, Travel

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in being continuously awed by women, but never more so than when it comes to “taking a hike.” There has been recent news of Jessica Killinbeck of Mt. Horeb hiking all of the Dane County parks; and Halora Kiddes, Sun Prairie, …
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Immoral Support

Posted on September 26, 2019Updated on October 3, 2019by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Social Commentary, Travel

Artwork by Michael DiMilo In a story that recently went viral, an ad agency employee was summoned to a meeting with his human resources supervisor, presumably to be terminated, and was told that he would be able to have a “support” person accompany him to the interview. The employee elected to bring a clown as …
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The Blurry Line

Posted on August 1, 2019Updated on August 22, 2019by Geoff CarterCategories:Nature, Social Commentary, Travel

Artwork by Michael DiMilo This last week, my family and I took a mini-vacation to the family cabin in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. The cottage has been in our family for a little over fifty years and sits on a beautiful spring-fed lake. After my father passed away, my mom—as she’s fond of telling—used to …
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King of the Road

Posted on June 20, 2019Updated on June 20, 2019by Geoff CarterCategories:Social Commentary, Travel

Artwork by Michael DiMilo I’m an excellent driver. After all, I have been doing it for almost fifty years. I’ve owned a variety of vehicles, including everything from a 1964 Volkswagen Microbus (fondly nicknamed the Microdot bus) to a 1962 pink Cadillac, to SUVs, convertibles, sticks, automatics, and even a vintage 1967 VW Karmann Ghia. …
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