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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Kickass and Coyote Mange
nature80020, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s son Rick, visiting from his Denver suburb home, casually tells of his success in treating a local coyote family for mange. After observing the nearly hairless mother, Rick sent away for some sulfodene, the standard mange treatment drug, inserted …
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Kickass and the Guest List
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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