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Geoff Carter
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I am a novelist, blogger, and retired educator.
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Snow Angels by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be following the keeper’s example and napping through the big snow predicted for the weekend.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from The Pen in Hand.

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Happy Thanksgiving from The Pen in Hand Blog « The Pen in Hand
Have a Safe and Happy Holiday...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Kickass and Dear Track by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that for many of his past Thanksgivings the keeper combined family feasting with the Wisconsin deer season. It was an emotional pairing that the keeper loved, and so...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Revolution Redux by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
The documentary "The American Revolution" serves as a reminder of what we are, how we became what we are, and what we need to do to preserve our liberties. In short, the American people need this mess...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Pardoning Ceremony by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
1ST turkey, “So you were at the White House pardoning ceremony then?” 2nd turkey, “Yes, and it was even more of a fiasco than usual.” 1st turkey, “How so?” 2nd turkey, “The POTUS got confused and anno...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Hospitality 2025 by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
Our country is predicated on the ideals of inclusion and equality; we are much more than the sum of all our parts, no matter their creeds, ethnicities, or backgrounds. After all, what we should be tru...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Kickass and Mothers-in-Law by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in this season of pointing out special people to honor by suggesting that on top of the heroes’ list should be the mother-in-law.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Kickass and Others' Misery by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the sensations to be had by the keeper and Phyllis’s crowd in learning of the misery of others—some sympathy of course, but more feelings that “they” probably deserve ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies

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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of "Bugonia" « The Pen in Hand Blog
"Bugonia" is not an easy film to watch. No Yorgos Lanthimos film is, but they are incisive, funny, mysterious, and sometimes inscrutable excursions into the human condition. Considering the divisive n...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Kickass and Revolutionary War by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis saturated with war--the current absurd cruelties at a number of global locations and the amazing Ken Burns “The American Revolution” shown las...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Deer Stand Thoughts by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes, along with the keeper and Phyllis, a most unusual circumstance across Wisconsin this morning: thousands of people—mostly men, sit in remote wooded locations alone wit...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Kickass and Day Before Hunt by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the keeper’s long life of excesses, nothing looms any more excessive than his involvement with Wisconsin’s traditional nine-day deer hunt which this year beg...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Quiet Piggy by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have learned that under a “Quiet, Piggy!” executive order administered by Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi, “The Three Little Pigs” fairy tale ...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Light in the Sky by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
Light is illumination, color, and energy. Metaphorically, it can mean truth, understanding, clarity, and life. To watch lights in the sky is to begin to reach an understanding of what we are and—a muc...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and UW Reporting by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper aware of the news item that UW researchers are growing hemp as part of a very serious plant-disease study, which reminds him of his days of reporting on U...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Kickass and Eating Epstein Files by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, is sharing with the keeper and Phyllis the top-secret dog intelligence that a desperate attempt was made by the White House staff to put in place a “First Dog” so the POTUS ...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Time of the Season by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
The cold, the snow, and the gray foreshadowed the coming winter. The beautiful colors and falling leaves seemed less like autumn and more like memories of autumn, as if they existed in a nexus between...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Kickass and the Credit World by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in observing the slave-like hold the money lenders have on the populace as it is now routine for the “slaves” to borrow money to do everything f...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies

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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of Sprinsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere « The Pen in Hand Blog
Deliver Me from Nowhere is a good movie that could have been a great one. Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong deliver the best performances of their respective careers. White’s rendition of the recor...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Kickass and Demonstration for Hope by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in wondering if there are parallels in NATURE to the current trend of humans gathering to hold signs along the streets in an expression of oppos...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Leghold Traps by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, gives the podium to the keeper this morning to confess yet once again his unconscionable use of leghold traps during his predator youth of catch, kill, consume or market all...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Kickass and Underdog Book by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis listening to Tom Jacobson’s book program in which he told a crowd of seniors at Quarry Ridge Retirement about his long illustrious Madison law...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Kickass and Goodbye Penny by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper lamenting the eventual elimination of the penny as announced recently by the official coin providers.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Enough is Enough by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
This election is a harbinger of things to come. The people want change. They want a piece of the pie. They want compassion and humanitarianism in their leadership. They don’t want to see children star...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Kickass and Northern Lights by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s inside dope that the color red showing up in the current spectacular northern lights is a result of Pete Hegseth spilling cherry-juice concentrate ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM