Kickass and River Meeting by Bill Stokes

Photo by Bill Stokes

By Bill Stokes

Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper and Phyllis’s appreciation of the river-side dinner prepared by son Mike to celebrate a visit by Sarah–Mike’s daughter and the keeper’s granddaughter.

In attendance were friends Debbie and Johnny Johnson and their new dog Layla who made a move to convert the keeper’s rustic walking cane into a dog chew-stick.

Of all the meetings held around the globe Monday that one by the river with Layla and the others was the one to be at, not only for the delicious food but also its brilliant exchange of ideas, one of which was the keeper’s thought that if he had any input into reincarnation details he would opt for living the next go-round as a black lab pup on the cusp of an exciting life of fun and games.

The keeper’s walking stick could make the transfer.