Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in sending a message to his grandsons in the mode of the one that JFK’s grandson recently sent in which he said his grandfather was an embarrassment due in part for spreading utterly harmful bull—-. So listen up here Nick and …
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Category:Family
Kickass and River Meeting
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper and Phyllis’s appreciation of the river-side dinner prepared by son Mike to celebrate a visit by Sarah–Mike’s daughter and the keeper’s granddaughter. In attendance were friends Debbie and Johnny Johnson and their new dog Layla who made a move to …
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Kickass Says Something Nice
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to stay out of the way as the keeper sorts through the childhood advice that he has tried to live by, and hereby eliminates the following: “If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all.” Most …
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Kickass and Father’s Day
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting that there are a number of ways to become a father, points out that heroics are not usually involved. The heroics come later in keeping wayward offspring well fed, secure, clothed and out of trouble with the law. During the time the keeper was …
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Kickass and Phyllis Family
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, congratulates the keeper and Phyllis for the successful hosting of Phyllis’s family gathering during which there were no fisticuffs, shoving or shouting but rather hugs, handshakes and harmony. As is the case with all mothers, Phyllis has not retired from any of her matriarchal …
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Kickass and Males on Mother’s Day
Traceylovesmom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and the rest of the world’s males on this Mother’s Day to simply say thanks, Mom, and to facetiously ask if you had it to do over again on our behalf, considering the work and worry we caused, would …
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Kickass and Granddaughter Goodbye
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper and Phyllis that, while there was a time when grandchildren grew up and lived out their lives on adjoining farms or in houses down the block where it was possible for grandparents to have frequent contact and to admire and …
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Kickass and Marion Reunion
Fox Films, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the keeper’s delight when circumstances produce a surprise encounter with old friends, and so it was when a book promo–“Treeson, an APOLOGIA to Trees” meant meeting with Marion Kienitz at All Saints Neighborhood on Madison’s west side. Marion and the …
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Kickass and Blaize is One
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper has been overexposed to poetry during recent days, and submitted the following on the occasion of great-granddaughter Blaize’s first birthday: BLAIZE IS ONE, WELL, SUN-OF-A-GUN LET’S ALL PARTY AND HAVE SOME FUN. BLAIZE IS ONE AND WE LOVE HER A TON …
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Kickass as a Puppy
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, approves of what might be considered a premature settlement of the keeper’s reincarnation issue since he is not yet in the reassembly process. But based on Phyllis’s over-the-top reaction to the unexpected visit by Maria and her Cocker Spaniel puppy there is no doubt …
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Kickass Salutes Shirley
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper’s assessment that all in-laws should be treated with respect, but when you have only one sister-in-law there are special demands, so Shirley’s birthday party at Elizabeth and Huck’s was of the highest priority. Brother Orv saw fit to include the keeper …
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Kickass and the Gathering of the Clan
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing that some very basic things don’t change all that much, for example clan gatherings in cave-like settings to chew the meat off the bone of an animal, consume plant products, drink various concoctions, tenderly tend the little ones and …
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