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 Anniversary

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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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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