Attribution: Photo by Daniel J. Schwarz on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper accepts his “predator” identification and recalls how he enjoyed exercising it over decades of hunting birds and animals, especially at this time of year when he wallowed in the beautiful transition of the seasons with weapon in hand and …
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Category:Wisconsin
Kickass and October 11, 1940
Attribution: markbyzewski, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, under the impression that the keeper had a memory for all occasions, is disappointed that he has no specific recall of Oct. 11, 1940, a day that began with warm shirtsleeve weather and turned into a vicious blizzard across the upper …
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Kickass and Missing Summer
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be leading the search to find out just what the hell happened to the summer of 2024. Here we are well into the autumn of 2024 with no clear sense of there ever having been a 2024 …
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Kickass and Florida Trade
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s news that several deals between Wisconsin and Florida have been delayed by hurricane Helene, one being the exchange of Fla. Gov. DeSantis for Wis Sen. Johnson, and another having to do with a trainload of Fla. oranges for one of …
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Kickass and Bird Migration
Attribution: David Whelan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, forever attempting to establish their compatibility with the other creatures, woke up this morning of Sept. 23 with a strange sense of motion that they could not identify until they tuned in to the Cornell …
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Kickass and Morning Storm
Attribution: Photo by Kevin Schmid on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were awakened by the pre-dawn thunderstorm that came grumbling in like a love-hunting tomcat, hissing at the windows, rattling thunder at the darkness and moving on to new territory with the magnificent indifference of thunderstorms and tomcats. Photo …
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Kickass Sits by the Silo
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is occasionally awed at the keeper’s refined dating technique and the smooth way he impresses Phyllis. Yesterday, for example, he agreed to drive her out to Four Winds Farm in Fitchburg where they could sit by the tall silo and eat wood-fired pizza while …
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Kickass and New Glarus
Attriution: jgagnon, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that 9/14/24 was one of those beautiful sunny September Saturdays when everyone had a mission, for the keeper and Phyllis it was to head for New Glarus for a late afternoon lunch at “Glarner Stube” which translates to “Living room” …
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Kickass and Friday the 13th
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes, along with the keeper and Phyllis, that before this Friday the 13th, 2024 could be trashed by the dominating destructive species, there was a prolonged competition between the crows and the gulls as to just who had parking lot patrolling rights. In a …
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Kickass and Walking to School
Attribution: Don O’Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accompanies the keeper as he walks the mile and a half to the country school. Up Swans hill and past the fields where big-eared jackrabbits sometimes leaped from hiding and loped off like dancers. Feeling …
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Kickass and Windshield Survey
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis are on deck this post Labor Day weekend with the results of a state-of-the-state report based on an extensive central Wisconsin windshield survey. *Rain needed–Corn and bean fields showing distress with pointed and discolored leaves. *Trees peaking out …
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Kickass Returns to the Water
Attribution: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the keeper’s observation that the evidence that we all once crawled up out of the water and are anxious to get back there was on full display at Tim and Cyndy’s Lake Wisconsin Cottage and thousands of …
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