Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the family did a bang-up job with a pre birthday celebration for the keeper’s 93rd birthday which occurs 9/11/31. Hosted by Rick and Becky and Mike at their river side digs, the event featured limitless stories from the keeper’s four sons about their growing-up …
Read
Category:Holidays
Kickass and Corporate Labor Day
Attribution: Richard Hurd from Leland, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis wonder on this Labor Day weekend how corporations, having been judged by the Supine Court to be “people” for political purposes, will be celebrating? Will the corporations gather their loved ones …
Read
Kickass and 4th of July, 2024
Attribution: CindyAbout/T/P/C/, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is with the keeper and Phyllis on this 2024 Fourth-of-July as they embrace the day’s fireworks vocabulary and invite everyone to join them in wondering where they might self-identify among the various terms: Here’s a partial list for you to choose …
Read
Happy 2024 Father’s Day from the Pen in Hand Blog
Happy Father’s Day!! Photo by Kris Carter
Kickass and 2024 Father’s Day
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in a Happy Father’s Day wish for all concerned, and reminds them that they lucked out in the physical aspects of the reproduction department, having neither womb nor breasts, both of which come with commitments and responsibilities fathers are ignorant of …
Read
Kickass and Korean Observation Post
Attribution: Photo by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this Memorial Day to remember the two platoon pals from Michigan who were up on the observation post when it took the direct hit that killed them. Days later on that same OP there was the artillery round that buried …
Read
Kickass and May 17th
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that on this Norwegian National Constitution Day–Syttende Mai, the keeper will be celebrating the fact that he is half Norwegian by dint of his dear red-haired mother who inexplicably married Dad who had more nationalities than a dog rescue kennel. It was love, …
Read
Happy Mother’s Day from The Pen in Hand Blog
Photo by Geoff Carter
Kickass and Mother’s Day Fishing
Attribution: Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris), Skaw by Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in honoring all mothers on this official day of doing so, and remembers when Mother’s Day and the opening of Wisconsin’s trout fishing season occurred on the same day and it was …
Read
Kickass and Phyllis’ Garden
Attribution: Arizcraf, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in lauding Phyllis as she prepares her small, raised garden in the Vista West courtyard, and he apologizes for having missed “Official Naked Gardening Day” which is the first Saturday in May. In an effort to catch up, he …
Read
Kickass and the April Fool
Attribution: Flickr user baejaar (Dheepak Ra), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper today as he campaigns for the office of April Fool, which has been more or less vacant since 1492 when Columbus landed in America and said, “So nice to be here in …
Read
Happy Easter from the Pen in Hand Blog
Photos by Geoff Carter Down the Rabbit Hole