Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
nah, we hardly ever read directions … or take directions, for that matter. so lets stick some cool photos, a list (without items) and see if we can’t jump start this here bloghop here.
the church just before Hell Hollow Rd
(got at least one more coming later…very cool… from Hell Hollow (I kid you not!)
1, 2, 3, grat sure family and such, 5 damn! forgot 4 (lets make that grateful for catching the mistake) …where was I? 6 and 7, 8 and (just in case this doesn’t work: Lizzi, zoe, Christine, Kristi and Kristi, Dyanne, Michelle, Sarah and Lisa aka the co-hostinae)
ok everyone stand back… lets crank this one up and see what happens!
err…. ok so it kinda works…. hey, what the hell if you click on the links to the co-hosts you can get to their current Posts…. somebody try adding yourself to this post…. I’ll keep working on getting rid of the icons from last weekend’s TToT …. shit! if I don’t figure this out, the next thing I’ll hear will be a voice from Indiana (or Oklahoma) saying something to the effect, ‘Mr Doctrine, if you’d put half the energy you’re putting into getting out of the assignment and just follow directions….’ boy! am I gland that hasn’t happened!*
(6:38 am) !?#*^%& inter &*$*# net (*)$@ all I want to do is be able to is…. Hey! Item 2 above? make that: ‘I’m grateful for appreciating how difficult it is to do ‘implied swear words’ in a Post. No, I’m serious. I tried just holding the shift key down and playing a riff on the top row of my key board, but more often than not, what’d I get would look harmless, even funny, like a Japanese birthday greeting, ” You know what makes me mad? It’s those ^?^*(*!! key board tricks‘
See what I mean? not very (implied) offensive, is it? Alright back to working on this link thing.*
* I don’t need to mention to anyone that I hail from Y Chromeville, do I? just because my efforts to fix the link up for this week, has not exactly…what’s the word, ‘worked’, does not mean I’m not going to keep going back to it… lol
(7:44 am) alright! this attempt totally did….. not work! (shit!)….. oh, yeah…forgot!! Gratitude Item #3! I am grateful that my efforts to fix things have totally failed! (sure, clark… they all be buying that! no, really I’m turning over new leafs and will be totally a well-behaved team player!… ) (lol this weekend is going to end up looking like a room in which a 6 year old is sent to wrap presents, with the proviso that for every 2 that is wrapped, one is allowed to be opened)
(8:01 am) lets call this Item… #2! I am grateful for the internet and digital cameras for 2 reasons: a) I could take the photos of the churches above and 2) I could look up and clip a quote from a book I was forced to read in high school, ‘Ethan Frome’.
the quote:
“When I had been there a little longer, and had seen this phase of crystal clearness followed by long stretches of sunless cold; when the storms of February had pitched their white tents about the devoted village and the wild cavalry of March winds had charged down to their support; I began to understand why Starkfield emerged from its six months’ siege like a starved garrison capitulating without quarter…“ (I’m thinking that I’ll have to re-read this thing tonight!)holy shit! I have a totally genuine gratitude item!! I just looked at the Date…..
that’s right! It’s the last day of Winter!!! yeah!!! (call it number(s) 3, 7 and 10)
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First, frist. Anyway, I clicked on the link in your post and it’s old stuff. But I’m sure we are all still grateful for last week, as well. Have a wonderful holiday living there by Hell’s Hollow.
…didn’t want to try to put a link on your blog, but to follow up on my Comment there:
yeah, Christine…. the train cars keep piling into the wreck…long after the original crash! lol
Dagnabbit Val! You beat me to FRIST this week again! :)
Yo! Mr. Doctrine! Yes, please – want to see a pic from Hell Hollow. Who lives in Hell Hollow?! Where is Hell Hollow?! Where in the world is Clark? Why, he’s in….Hell Hollow. How did you get there? That’s the question. But then you might as well ask: how in the world does a clark go from everyday “here” to…way out “there” in….Hell Hollow. Just sayin’ Johnny.
…I’ll be getting out there later this morning, however…lets invite Mr Johnson to tells us more:
And may I counter with……https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15eu7ar5EKM
You get extra credit for doing the wrapping. Merry Christmas to you and Phyllis and Una!
…gots to find a song….
I’m working on it!! any hints? likes dislikes, favorite colours, secondary aspect??
(considering what I ended up using with Cyndi, I assure you, you do not want me to make a mistake!)
Wow. You’ve really outdone your normal “avoid writing thankfuls” by quite a bit this week. :)
We do appreciate your efforts in getting a workable link, though. Would that fall under the Y chromosome thing or the everything rule?
no look at what you’ve done!!
music vid Comment-Reply weekend!!! aiyee
You’re awesome, dude. Just awesome. :P
lol! why thank you, Miss Cynthia
I’ll need a minute to come up with a music vid Reply ….
got it!
My brother in law has a parrot named Hootie. And he sings the Barber of Seville.
I don’t wrap for that exact reason. I use “holiday bags” and toss enough tissue paper in there to make them sure it is just a bag of tissue paper.
I must go take a picture of my favorite street sign here now…. its called…. Old dirt road.
ok.. song first then reply
thank god for holiday bags…. though back in the day, I used to derive a certain pleasure from putting tiny gifts in giant boxes (adding a small brick for that extra heft)
It’s either swear words or a kid or pet got to the keyboard! ;-) Usually, the kids’ messages to the grandparents or an aunt or uncle usually looked like that when they were toddlers!
…not sure where this tune came from (in my idea of using as a musical Reply)….
Valiant efforts, sir
thank you….
I will need to find a song!
Yes valiant effort indeed but I still dont get what the #@^$ your doing… and why cant I hit this link? Too cloudy (my head not the weather. ..it is the beginning of sunnier days and all) happy end of winter.
(ok…so it is getting a little late) however, I enjoyed this (and like most Christmas presents the one that is most fun to give is the one that you enjoy yourself)
Hey…thanks for linking me in but I didn’t post anything…. but im cool with that. I was just joking around cuz I like to f#@$&*# swear in symbols. But am so honored to get Gil Scott-Heron…love him….im mean hes not Barry White. ..lol
Oops…. as I was saying. ..no Barry White but anyone that can fit Bullwinkle into a song and still be sooooo ultra cool….man ….I wanna write like that. Thanks for the link… maybe I wilhen i stopl write something when I stop rambling….
Wow that last auto correct. .. its not me I swear!
Clark, you are fabulous and your efforts here nothing less than valiant indeed. And this cracked me up all the way through.
OH! And happy end of winter to you!!!
tough one! Lisa…. working on it!
ok… something in the photos (at ‘the Meaning’) made me think of this song…. kinda old, but
It does freeze in your area, right? And then what happens on Hell Hollow Road? (And I’m curious to know if the answer can be in the form of a music video!)
Good one Kristi! :)
…(similar to my vid response to zoe….) no! lol I mean in the way that the feeling from the song is what causes me to use:
Of course there’s a church right before Hell Hollow Road! lol
Love the church photos. Hell Hollow Road…I hope you and Una take a “walk” and do one of your video lists from there sometime soon.