Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis frequently awed by the actions and accomplishments of grandchildren, and never more so than it is with Phyllis’s Alexis and her menagerie of backyard animals up in Mosinee; and with the keeper’s Sarah who carries the family schnauzer Boo …
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Kickass and High Prices
Attribution: Photo by Emil Kalibradov on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to help the keeper and Phyllis with current budgeting issues that are compounded by the outrageously high cost of everything. The keeper, for example, faced the necessity of getting the car serviced and having a small tooth cavity filled. There was a …
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Kickass and Great-Grandchildren
Attribution: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to give the keeper and Phyllis any meaningful assistance with keeping their great grandchildren in an orderly file in their obviously overloaded mental storage systems. One of the differences between grandchildren and great grandchildren is often proximity. …
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Kickass and Birthday Thanks
Attribution: James Petts from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s deep appreciation to all of those who, with gifts and best wishes, encouraged him to get on with his 95th year after enough posturing and partying to launch a ship. Thank you. Thank you. …
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Kickass and Baby Book
Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper as a first grandchild on his mother’s side relished all the perks that go with “first-grandchild” identity which included, back in the dark ages when he was born, a young mother keeping a detailed personal record of her newborn …
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Kickass Thanks Party Makers
Attribution: U.S. Army photo by Davide Dalla Massara, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass the doorstop dog, reports that as part of marking the keepers 94th birthday special, there will be a blood red eclipse of the moon tonight which was arranged by family members after they threw the keeper a fantastic birthday …
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Kickass and Back to School
Attribution: Photo by Deleece Cook on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have respective mobs of wonderful, flawless, perfect grandchildren and great grandchildren scattered across the country and currently marching proudly in the back-to-school parade; and they would like them all to know how great it is to see their …
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Kickass and Cousins
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper immersed in cousin matters as a result of a recent meeting with cousins Pat and Barbara and Ron, and then remembering what an incredible adventurous pleasure it was to have grown up with a raft of cousins almost within shouting distance. …
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Kickass and Sarah’s Fungi
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Kickass and Recliner Experience
Attribution: DelmerViramontes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis having weathered out of a drive to the middle of the state Saturday found themselves with a daylong opportunity to stay off the stormy roads and do something worthwhile. Phyllis did some organizational work with members …
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Kickass and Uncle Ralph
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Kickass and Shot in the Eye
Attribution: Rhcastilhos. And Jmarchn., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper starting the day with the VA eye clinic deciding whether or not he needs yet another shot in the eye to protect him from the advance of the macular degeneration that was so generously handed off …
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