Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
I was about to start the post with a ‘mix ‘n match’ theme, stopped and thought, ‘nah …too celevery’. Then I thought some more (yeah, I know, how likely is that)… and then I was all why the heck not? Life itself is mix ‘n match… I’ll go as far as to say, the major developments and forward motion of most of life, maturing, enjoying, discovering what we didn’t know and forgetting some things that we do is, effectively, a multiple choice test. (Sometimes, no matter how much we wish otherwise, the correct answer is ‘None of the Above’ (here’s a bold statement, when we’re in our teens to 30s most of us experience a certain amount of anguish due to this fact of life.)
1) Josie
2) Una
3) Phyllis
4) Kerry
5) zoe
6) Pop-Up Books
8) suburban farming
9) Secret Rules (of the Book of Secret Rules aka Secret Book of Rules)
10) SR 1.3
11) Steely Dan
(extra credit) ‘Home and Heart’ (votes at jukepop requested)
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A)
B) (i)
C) (ii)
D) (iii)
E) (iv)
F) (v)
G) (vi)
H) all of the above
I) Some of the above
i) ‘Phyllis and Una sittin in a Tree’
ii) ‘A Tale of Two Dogs’
iii) ‘An Envelope, a Book, a World’
iv) ‘Plants and Jewels’
v) ‘A Dog, a Woman and a Bridge’
I like brain teasers; but I hate tests (I always think there is more than one way to look at things and therefore always more than one correct answer).
Thank you for the enjoyable, stressful TToT.
lol
Now this is a succinct TToT. Good for you!
Reminds me of my last job interview. Owner looking over my resume. In response to one of his questions, I commented that it (my resume) was succinct. Owner’s response: nothing wrong with succinct. Succinct is good.
P.S. I like mix and match:D
sure
lol
So much for which to be grateful.
agreed
The bridge, the tree house, Una, and pop up books. WOW! So awesome on so many levels! I love pop up books. :0) And thankful for all the folks who like to keep going with TToT. :) Hope you’ve had a good week!
had a good week. trust the same occurred for you and John and Vincenzo
That is quite the pop-up book! The tornado is almost as scary as the one in the movie.
Nice garden. I don’t think I’ve ever grown eggplant, though I don’t know why not. It’s one of those vegetables I like, but don’t think about.
Just the one (eggplant)… not sure why they call it that, certainly bears no resemblance to any egg I would eat.
Manila…yellow that didn’t want to get out of bed. Haha.
well… it’s true!
lol
Nice list of thankfuls. Pop up books are fun. :)
yeah. this one from Ivy/zoe is especially fun, being the Wizard of Oz (the idea for which L Frank stole from Almira) lol …no, really ask zoe!
Hi Clark! Having been absent from the party for the past two weeks, it was a pleasure to come here and find this clever TToT post, your creative efforts never disappoint me! I also found the “none of the above” commentary profoundly true, and maybe that’s something that need to be said at high school graduation ceremonies. The answers to life can be very obscure, and sometimes we don’t have a clue as to the correct one or if such an option even exists. I go with the philosophy that “life is not a problem to solve, it is a mystery to experience.” It is also true that we (sometimes mercifully) forget some things along the way, and yet so many new things come to us each and every day of our lives if we greet the day with eagerness! You’ve compiled a great list of thankfuls, the important stuff, as usual. I love Zoe’s envelope artwork, and most certainly your vision for a papal pop-up book! :-) Have a great weekend coming up!
from what I saw on ‘the Facebook’ yours was both an enjoyable and successful trip (house selling and all).
haven’t had a formal multiple choice test since leaving school. plenty of informal, high-stakes, pop-quiz ones, but nothin involving No.2 pencils…lol