Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the info that the keeper will be on Larry Meiller’s WPR radio show Tuesday at 11 am to talk about his book “Treeson: an ALOLOGIA To Trees” that went to make the paper used to print the keeper’s 35 years of newspaper …
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Category:Wisconsin
Kickass and Deserted Dells
Jonas Dovydenas , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes with the keeper that now is the time to visit Wisconsin Dells, which he–the keeper and Phyllis did Sunday. It was largely a drive-through the water park area since the keeper’s idea of water fun is using water to make coffee. Their unobstructed walk …
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Kickass and Bear Hounding
Attribution: Wenzel Ignaz Brasch (1708-1761), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, goes along with the keeper on this coldest Wisconsin morning of the year to point out the dumbest circumstance prevailing in a state that was once a respected leader in conservation issues: narcissistic bear hunters, many from other …
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Kickass and Noisy Winter Guys
Jeroen Kransen, Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in a salute to: “The Noisy Guys of Winter” Into the snowy white silence Come the noisy guys of winter. Blinking yellow trucks scraping loud, Parking lot tractors pinging in reverse. Recycle rigs banging bins and doors. …
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Kickass and Use of Gravity
English: Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aids the keeper in spreading the word that, contrary to the cliché that gravity is not a friend to the keeper’s age group, the opposite is true: it is very friendly if used properly. Now with the return …
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Kickass and January Rain
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper sipping from his first cup of coffee on a rainy January morning, sniffing with the dregs of a stubborn cold, but generally feeling smug about his good fortune in having accidentally migrated far enough south from his northern Wisconsin birthplace to …
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A Breath of Fresh Air
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Like almost everyone, my wife and I had family come into town come to see us during the holidays. We had a very nice visit, and, on their last day here, we had to decide between going to Milwaukee County Zoo or the Mitchell Park Horticultural Domes. There …
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Kickass and the Walk to School
Photo by Sara Codair on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper braves the risk of ridicule in bringing up the FACT that he and his sister and brother walked a mile and a half on a country road to a one-room country school, even on mornings like this one when they were wrapped in coats …
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Kickass and Shortest Day
Herb Roe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the shortest day of the year produced for the keeper, the longest appreciation for being around to be a part of it–in a warm, safe place in the company of his love, Phyllis. In the interests of science, the …
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Kickass and Methane Control
Photo by Scott Bauer (US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is helpless to avoid the keeper’s mind swing that takes him from the current news of feeding seaweed to cows to decrease their methane production, to his farm boy days of harnessing …
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Kickass and Staying Inside
NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in participating in that major Wisconsin winter activity of staying inside and looking out the window, which reaches new heights of enjoyment when typical miserable weather conditions prevail, like they do now. The storm that …
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Kickass and Bear Hounders
Wenzel Ignaz Brasch (1708-1761), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to calm the keeper when he considers the outrage of Wisconsin having lost its enlightened, nationally respected conservation reputation to become the ONLY state to allow–even encourage, the insanely cruel activity of summer bear hound training. Wisconsin’s outdoor …
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