Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper today in the anniversary celebration of Phyllis and the keeper as, in this season of love and nesting and mating, they mark their four treasured married years while the birds tweet sweet nothings and the creatures all murmur to each other …
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Category:Family
Kickass and Oldest Sibling
Attribution: personal archive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that both the keeper and Phyllis are the first born in their respective families which gave them special authority on the recent national sibling day–April 10–to pass along the following guidelines for the proper treatment of an older sister …
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Kickass and Jessy’s Gifts
Photo by Phyllis Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, marvels at the keeper’s good fortune in having grandchildren like Jessy who wisely and kindly anticipate his “equipment” needs and provide him with the means to do whatever activity is important in his life at the time. So, Jessy came bearing a gorgeous Afghan that she had …
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Kickass Hosts Ava
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper and Phyllis in hosting Ava, a laid-back and laid-down beagle owned by Todd, Phyllis’s son who is off to a card-collector show. Ava’s mission in life is to pack as much sleep into a day as possible, preferably on the soft …
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Kickasss and 666
William Blake , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to assist the keeper in working through the possible negative significance of recent numbers whereby his youngest offspring–Mike, had the audacity to turn 66, and then pointed out that 66 was two- thirds of the Biblical 666 “number of the …
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Kickass and Baby Bump Photo
Image by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper recruited the photo artistry of Phyllis in updating the “baby bump” photo of five years ago when he posed with “expecting” granddaughter in-laws Lindsey, Ari and Becky; with the keeper’s “bump” indicating at the time that he might be pregnant …
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Kickass and Great-Grandkids
Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis did a quick check on some of the keeper’s great grandchildren in the Mazo area and found them all to be “great” and growing; and not caring a whit about the idiot governor of …
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Kickass and Visiting Dogs
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in encouraging younger family members to use this blah time of the year to visit their elders, and to bring the dog along. Mike, Sarah and Jessie brought Boo–the command schnauzer, with them yesterday, and a very good time …
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Kickass and Grandchildren
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens to the keeper’s observation that while grandchildren do not stay cute and cuddly very long but instead become adults with all the baggage that goes with that, they still remain objects of love and descendants to be proud of. Meet Bud and Beau, …
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Kickass and Tying Shoes With Mom
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been of little help to the keeper in explaining the mental quirk whereby he–the keeper, thinks of his mother every morning when he ties his shoes, obviously because she is the one who taught him how to do it many decades ago. His …
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Kickass and Brother Orville
DVIDSHUB, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens up as the keeper reports on a visit with his brother Orville during which the accuracy of childhood stories was challenged for both of them. It has, after all, been more than 80 years. One constant is the adjustments that life demands, …
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Kickass and Young Storytellers
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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