Kickass and Chinook Camping

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in lamenting the undeniable verity that their camping days are in the past, but the memories prevail including those that involved the keeper’s wonderful little Chinook RV with its unique military-type appearance, diesel engine and “Lets go” character. One …
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Yearly Cycle

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Every year during the last week of July, the Milwaukee Riverwest neighborhood, an eclectic enclave of artists, musicians, families, and working folks, hosts the Riverwest 24, a twenty-four-hour bicycle race that runs along the neighborhood streets. According to the Riverwest 24 website, the event came about because of efforts by …
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Kickass and Weed Edibles

Attribution: Monica Arellano-Ongpin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s inclination to concoct “adventure omelets” for his breakfast—using whatever he finds in the fridge, caught up with him yesterday when, along with some leftover kale he found what he took to be a couple chunks of …
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Kickass and Travel Notes

Attribution: Yinan Chen, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop joins the keeper in offering a few random travel notes on a trip he and Phyllis made to Luca’s Wisconsin Rapids birthday party:  *Wisconsin Rapids does have rapids, visible now–with the high water, from the Highway 54 bridge. *Remnants of Wisconsin’s …
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Kickass and Two Day Shopping

Attribution: © European Union, 2024, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he continues to fall even farther behind in trying to adjust to the ever-changing, all-American preoccupation with shopping. The keeper’s resistance to shopping obviously has its origin in his very first solo experience …
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