Category:Family

Attribution: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he reviews the system of immigration that stole the country from the Native Americans and got everyone where they are today, specifically how some of the keeper’s predecessors filtered through Iowa, and one—a favorite uncle, even went …
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Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper having recently survived a debilitating genetically conditioned cough through the kind administrations of Phyllis, has decided to sue his long-departed mother for her role in handing off a family cough that she in turn had inherited from her father—dear …
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Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog says the keeper appreciates all the help he gets with posting ammunition, and is indebted to grandson Steve for unearthing an old photo taken by the keeper of the keeper’s four sons as he and his family paused in Glacier National Park on their …
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Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper using his chest cold to excuse his not participating in the “polar plunge” that has become part of the Winter Solstice celebration in his former Mazomanie neighborhood. As the big bonfire blazes, it has been the custom for celebrants to jump …
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Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has forever had a weakness for tavern hamburgers—with a slice of raw, a little mustard, fries and served with cold beer, of course. He was thus indulged when he and Phyllis met Phyllis’s son Todd and granddaughter Alexis at the …
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Attribution: asobuno, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that every morning the keeper has a conversation with his mother: KEEPER: “Thanks, Mom, for teaching me how to tie my shoes.” MOM: “You’re welcome, Billy. Have a nice day!” The “mom” conversation is the reason the keeper sticks with …
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Attribution: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Vancouver (BC, Canada), Canada Place, Kanadaflagge — 2022 — 1896” / CC BY-SA 4.0 By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is happy to report that the visit of Phyllis’s Canadian sister Joan and husband Bill, was judged by the keeper as a success in that all of the sister’s numerous family members were discussed and …
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Attribution: Photo by Ben White on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in noting that the only thing better than a visit by a grandchild is another visit by a grandchild, the observation prompted by a visit from Bud and his wife Jessica. Bud was a “preemie”– 23 ounces and a …
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Attribution: Photo by Ben White on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that if there is one thing the keeper taught his four sons it was the virtue of procrastination, so they will be fine with the keeper dealing late with “sons’ day.” Raising four sons during the long-hair hippy days, when the abject stupidity …
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