PeakDill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis’s ’s most recent guest log entries: the keeper’s grandson Nick and great granddaughter Caroline with Caroline demonstrating her boundless gymnastic talent down in the Vista West exercise room; Phyllis’s son Todd and daughter Tyler and one of …
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Kickass and Two-Year-Old Party
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper frequently finds himself out of his league, and that was never more so than at great grandson Ziggy Russell’s two-year birthday party, when a bunch of cousins and little friends gathered to eat sweetcorn and “dirt” cake with Ziggy, and …
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Kickass at Atwood Fest
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, and Phyllis’s granddaughter Taylor were among those who spent part of a perfect summer Saturday afternoon on the four-block stretch of “Atwood Fest.” It will be scored as time well spent: strolling past the weekend merchants of frivolity …
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Kickass and Young Old Eyes
Photo by Aditya Romansa on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting a couple of clan eye-openers this week, one being the first views of the world for Blaize Betty Russell who arrived just in time for Sunny and Kyle to celebrate Mother’s Day; and the other being the …
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Kickass and Ava’s Dog Walk
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in cheering on Ava the beagle who is obviously not content to accept her traditional dog identity, and is making a bold move to pattern dog-walking more as it might be designed by cats. Following a temporary mobility …
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Kickass and Sunny’s Baby Bump
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper’s comment that the outstanding feature at the river-side clan gathering, hosted Saturday by Ohm and Andy, was Sunny’s baby bump which has taken on the proportions of the giant pumpkin. Everyone had a comment, and little girls came to gently poke at …
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Kickass and Jan’s Death
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s sad news from his sister Norma that her daughter Jan died unexpectedly in her sleep, leaving behind a devastated mother and family, and uncle, who experienced the loss of a daughter several years ago. JAN Death dances in life’s conga line …
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Kickass and Old Newlyweds
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that Phyllis is off to Ohio to visit her daughter Gina and family, while the keeper heads for Minnesota to spend time with son Larry and offspring at his “driftless” trout/deer cabin. Phyllis flies, the keeper drives, which may exemplify the respective circumstances …
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Kickass and Clan Feast
Mark Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper was reassured that his clan has survived the Covid calamity by an impromptu gathering instigated by son Mike who cooked a big pot roast and announced late in the day, that it would be consumed at Becky …
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Kickass and Mike’s Birthday
Selena N. B. H. from Fayetteville, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he—the keeper, suffers from “time” contortions as he attempts to deal with the fact of his youngest child—Mike, celebrating a 65th birthday. The math would make the keeper’s age…….oh, never mind! Suffice to say …
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Kickass and Family Gathering
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis are coming off a weekend of hosting members of the keeper’s clan—a son, grandchildren, a granddaughter-in-law, great-grand-children and a family dog named Boo that once lived with the keeper and Phyllis. Needless to say, it was immeasurably precious …
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Kickass and UW Madison Tour
Vonbloompasha at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in giving Phyllis’s visiting daughter Gina and husband Steve a windshield tour of the UW campus, came away with a renewed appreciation for the vibrancy and variety of the town where he has spent most of …
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