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 Beginnings

Image by Roy Harryman from Pixabay By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, encourages the keeper to avoid dwelling on endings and to concentrate on beginnings, and so it was most welcome to see a public message welcoming Phyllis’s granddaughter Alexis to the Marshfield Fire Department. Alexis has been building EMT experience with other agencies, …
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Kickass and Parenting

Afshin10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper acknowledges that while the rules for parenting are so simple that creatures on the lowest rungs follow them successfully by rearing generations of species replacements; complications can set in with parenting when cars and guns saturate the procreating …
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Kickass as a Bowerbird

Phil from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that in the keeper’s records is the Facebook post showing that three years ago he traveled to Arizona and kidnapped Phyllis in her own car, snatching her out of the warm sunshine and bringing her to face cold …
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Kickass and Phyllis Treatment

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have begun an intense five session radiation treatment procedure at the UW Carbone Cancer Center for Phyllis that will see them traveling to various Madison locations and then in a virtual quarantine through Dec. 7. While this circumstance …
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Kickass and Phyllis Cancer Lunch

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in applauding Phyllis and the multitudes like her who do not let their cancer battles dominate their lives. As she resumes a treatment regime following recovery from hip replacement surgery, Phyllis is back at her photo-artistry with an extensive exhibit in the …
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