Kickass by the River

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper relaxed beside a river yesterday afternoon with a son–Mike, a granddaughter –Sarah and a family dog–Boo and proclaims that all is right with the world.  See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page

Kickass and Wedding Gifts

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, demonstrates for the keeper and Phyllis the best napping technique for recovering from unusual activity such as a granddaughter’s wedding, or chasing something you cannot catch, like being young again. The Dorf House marriage of Sarah and Jessy Noble out under that wind-blown willow …
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Kickass and Cousin Fest

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in saluting “cousins,” the occasion being a riotous assembly of great grandkids at a Kim and Dick family dinner in Mazo. Both the keeper and Phyllis have fond memories of their own cousins, most of whom have departed; and …
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Kickass and Coyote Mange

nature80020, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s son Rick, visiting from his Denver suburb home, casually tells of his success in treating a local coyote family for mange.  After observing the nearly hairless mother, Rick sent away for some sulfodene, the standard mange treatment drug, inserted …
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Kickass and the Guest List

PeakDill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis’s ’s most recent guest log entries: the keeper’s grandson Nick and great granddaughter Caroline with Caroline demonstrating her boundless gymnastic talent down in the Vista West exercise room; Phyllis’s son Todd and daughter Tyler and one of …
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Kickass at Atwood Fest

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, and Phyllis’s granddaughter Taylor were among those who spent part of a perfect summer Saturday afternoon on the four-block stretch of “Atwood Fest.” It will be scored as time well spent: strolling past the weekend merchants of frivolity …
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Kickass and Sunny’s Baby Bump

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper’s comment that the outstanding feature at the river-side clan gathering, hosted Saturday by Ohm and Andy, was Sunny’s baby bump which has taken on the proportions of the giant pumpkin. Everyone had a comment, and little girls came to gently poke at …
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