Kickass and Migration

Attribution: Photo by James Wainscoat on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in proclaiming that he will not cross that bridge when he comes to it, especially if it leads into Baltimore, he will take that “road not taken” hoping it leads to somebody’s woods, and he will be “on the road again” …
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Kickass and Big Money

Attribution: Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper tries to maintain at least some low-rung position in the increasing have-and-have-not world he wonders how long it will be before basic weather is so controlled by big money interests that he and Phyllis will somehow …
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Kickass and Katie Visit

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, celebrates with the keeper and Phyllis the fact that the only thing better than a grandchild visit is when one—Katie, brings her family—guitar player husband Chris and daughters Bella and Sophia for a personal Sunday afternoon concert and catch-up visit notable for its music …
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Kickass as Movie Critic

Attribution: Lorie Shaull, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s credentials as a movie critic ran out sometime shortly after “Bambi” so he was out of his league when he took in “Bad River” at the Fitchburg theatre. After first managing to sit through the incredibly …
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Kickass and Norwegian Women

Attribution: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that if you are fortunate enough to have had Norwegian women in your life you are one lucky dog. The keeper speaks with the authority of having had a Norwegian mother and all the Norwegin ancestry that went …
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Kickass and the Permanent Baby Bump

Photo 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 Organ Recitals

Attribution: OpenStax College, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper in promoting his conversation guide for seniors in an effort to put limits on lengthy “organ recitals,” like the one at a recent lunch table with Phyllis, Jane and Donna. (The winning recital had to …
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Kickass and Being 48

Attribution: Stadtarchiv Kiel , CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper asked his and Phyllis’s fellow Vista West residents at a social gathering to comment on something from their lives from when they were 48 years old.    Amazingly, it turns out that many people denied ever …
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Kickass and Birdwatching

Attribution: John Gerrard Keulemans , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to stop the keeper from taking on impossible missions and so it was that when he—the keeper heard about Peter Kaestner traveling to the Philippines to see an orange tufted spider hunter to become the 10,000th bird he …
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Kickass and Weather Talk

Attribution: National Weather Service / National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration / Storm Prediction Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes along with the keeper that a communication that resorts to the weather as subject matter is a clear indication of a relationship in trouble, attempts to avoid a …
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Kickass and Birthday Open House

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper today as he sponsors a St. Pat’s birthday open house for Phyllis who was born on March 16 some years ago in Canada and frequently threatens to go back there given the current flow of US political “news.” Phyllis …
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