Attribution: קלאופטרה, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that while the keeper was a professional storyteller for decades, he found himself at a disadvantage recently in a storytelling session with Tyler and Trevor, a couple of very young great grandsons. It was one of those rare and wonderful occasions …
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Kickass and Youthful Sound
See page for author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on a belated clan Christmas gathering focused around Mike’s chili and Phyllis fruitcake during which the Clan dog Boo made an authoritative territorial statement and a bevy of young cousins shook Vista West out of its vintage-age slumber with …
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Kickass and Country Copy
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the manner of country-copy reporting there would be the following item: “Mr. and Mrs. William Stokes enjoyed dinner Thursday at the home of Mr. Stokes’s son Michael in Sac Prairie. A delicious sauerkraut, biscuit sausage dish was served, after which Michael …
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Kickass and Phyllis Remission
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating a pre-Thanksgiving checkup visit Monday with Dr. Rose at the UW Carbone Cancer Center with continuation of the “REMISSION” report for Phyllis. So what else matters? Eat lots of turkey and have a great day! See more …
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Kickass and Old Siblings
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the residual pleasure of a recent meeting of the keeper’s siblings and others in a display of defying the odds and getting old, really old in the keeper’s case. Hosted by niece Elizabeth and Huck, the event brought the keeper, his sister Norma …
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Kickass and Mom’s Pants Alterations
Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, stays out of the way as the keeper stumbles around the Vista West woodworking shop in the process of making shelves to hold some of the treasures from his lengthy past, which, in …
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Kickass and Alexis as Goalie
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in urging women to take over the world from the fumbling, failing men, and is encouraged in that regard by the example of Phyllis’s granddaughter Alexis, who is a member of the Marshfield Fire Department and does a lot of ambulance …
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Kickass and Phyllis Family
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, fresh from helping Phyllis host her family at a pre-holiday get together, is impressed anew at what it means to be a member of a loving, good-humored family whose members deeply care about each other and joy in giving the united finger to an …
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Kickass by the River
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper relaxed beside a river yesterday afternoon with a son–Mike, a granddaughter –Sarah and a family dog–Boo and proclaims that all is right with the world. See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page
Kickass and Wedding Gifts
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, demonstrates for the keeper and Phyllis the best napping technique for recovering from unusual activity such as a granddaughter’s wedding, or chasing something you cannot catch, like being young again. The Dorf House marriage of Sarah and Jessy Noble out under that wind-blown willow …
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Kickass and Burning Piano Wedding
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Racheal Watson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be heading off toward Roxbury to participate in the Saturday wedding celebration of granddaughter Sarah and Jessy Noble at the Dorf House. It promises to be a …
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Kickass and Cousin Fest
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in saluting “cousins,” the occasion being a riotous assembly of great grandkids at a Kim and Dick family dinner in Mazo. Both the keeper and Phyllis have fond memories of their own cousins, most of whom have departed; and …
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