Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
‘Words and dreams, the bounds to earth maintained.’
Una has my back as I wrestle with them words and such…
(landscape orientation)
A bunch of natural brown things, blonde-brown oak floors in the middle left. Caramel-brown desk (with a plain, white sheet of paper) in the upper middle left and to it’s left a row of drawers in a brown that seems to want be darker than it is.
The right half of the photo has a truncated upper half of an exclamation point. That is the back of the chair I’m sitting in. (I’m that pale checker board shape, my shoulders distinguishable by their practiced slope).
To my left, Una sits upright regarding the camera. She is a tall, black triangle with two smaller triangles at the top and the hint of red tongue. Her front paws are beige, the rug underneath her is a beige, light brown.
This writing thing is an odd affair. As with so many endeavors available to us as humans, putting thoughts in words and those words ‘on paper’, can be a very different experience from one person to another. The thing of it is, writing isn’t simply merely a skill. Driving a car, hitting a tennis ball, mowing the lawn, those are ‘merely’ a skill. As with most skills, writing requires a commitment of considerable amounts of time. However, if the goal of this practice is more than being able to write a better email at work or a coherent set of instructions for household chores, it demands an emotional investment. The returns (on this investment) are manifold; not always what one might hope, nearly always more than one expects.
Una and the blogosphere are Grat Items: 1&2
The song I stumbled across (below)… odd. It’s one that initially is intriguing but, with repeated listens, becomes quite enjoyable. I will claim two grat items, as permitted in SR 893.2[para H]* (i.e. finding the song and being willing to take the chance with such selection.) Grat Items 2.5 and 3
4) Grateful for the Wakefield Doctrine in its way of (aiding, assisting, pushing) and otherwise tricking me along the path of self-improvement. The danger referred to (above) is the danger of finding something, in this case, the song, appealing and assuming others will agree (not like approval has ever been much of a prerequisite for Doctrine post, lol.) For whatever reason, I’ve the feeling that this choice labels me as overly sentimental in my taste in music this week. Not the first time thats happened, but for whatever reason, the self-consciousness is a touch higher. ah well, with growth comes change and change is, be definition, the unfamiliar. Not like this is a public place that I be trying out things, right? lol.
5) Phyllis. The evening before Valentine’s Day, Phyllis says, “Tomorrows Valentine’s Day. Do we do anything for that anymore?” To which I replied, “I don’t think so.” I followed that with, “If you bought a card for Una, I’d sign it.” We both laughed and one of said, “And a new bone…she’d enjoy that.”**
6) That darn Doctrine! Referenced a couple of times above. It’s fun and its helpful for anyone working on self-improving themselves.
7) FREE GRAT ITEM (Space Available INQUIRE in COMMENTS Section)
From Friend of the Doctrine, Cynthia:
“I would like to propose that I’m grateful for Saturday nite call-ins. It’s the greatest Q & A “radio” show evah! Haha. And I’m grateful for the upcoming spring weather. The crocus are peeking out, our tulip leaves are poking out of the ground by several inches! It’s almost here, friends! Haha.”
8) Josie Two Shoes. Not only working hard so that the light is always on here, but now, preparing the html that allows us to have the icons of all participants at the bottom of our posts. Fun to see, easy to use. Now you can click on the others and comment while playing whatever music vid I am inspired to inflict on visitors.
9) Sunday Supplement
10) SR 1.3
(the song clips off at the end, if you hit the > again, it will continue to completion)
* Secret Rule 893.2[para H]* which states, in part: “…[w]hen the Title says Ten Things of Thankful, but the math works better if a single item might count as two or in alia manu (‘on the other hand’) you need two items to compress into one, then the requirements stated, (in) the Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) carry the day (‘die portray’); one is permitted to do that, provided the writer concludes with a sincere and convincing argumentum ad populum. that and a picture of like, books and stuff…
** A word about buying Una a card (and a bone) for Valentine’s Day. She’s a dog. Of course she doesn’t know about Valentine’s Day. I’ll go so far as to say, she doesn’t care about Valentine’s Day. It has zero significance. She is our dog and Phyllis and me laughing at the thought of buying a card for a dog does matter to her. Very much. The three of us are a pack. We don’t always share the same tastes in things. We always enjoy the company of each other.
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😊 commenting emoji compliments of my phone. Having said that, emojis as they appear on my phone, for whatever reason, undergo transmutation. I do not know how they will appear in the comment until I hit the send button. Not unlike, say, hitting publish on a post that, while being one thing in your head, may read as something different once you hit publish .
(As a clark, you might be tempted to think in the negative. But that’s a trick!)
I think it lovely that Una was thought of on Valentine’s Day. A nice gift you and Phyllis gave each other 💝
P.S. can’t wait to see what my emojis look like lol
I’ve never quite gotten the hang of those things… they certainly possess the ability to enhance a message, ‘specially in the tiny media… phones and such.
Huh. They appear here exactly as they appear on my phone…someone playing tricks on me? lol
I, for one, am an emoji addict. 😂😜😍
I love what you have written about Una, about you all being a part of the pack and enjoying on another’s company. That’s exactly how we feel about Cookie and how we felt about Charlie before he passed. I do think Charlie was the “top dog” so I’m not sure who that mantel has passed to; certainly not my husband!! I’ve bought father’s day cards for my husband from the furkids in previous years. I think it’s sweet :)
you know, though I’m only know beginning to try to understand the emotional element within (I am, after all, a clark! lol) but the thing is, a big part of the benefit of relationships is what we do/contribute… whether or not the other ‘person’ supports, reinforces or reciprocates is, I suspect, of less importance than I may be lead myself to believe.
That lullaby is incredible…wonderful to begin with but made so perfect by her sweet, pure voice. Sigh.
Item #5 on your list just made me happy. A glimpse inside a happy relationship where both parties are secure and content. Perfection.
It’s such fun to buy holiday gifts for the animals. They have no idea why we are doing it, but are happy and their delight (and lack of complaints about what they get) always makes me happy, too.
Lovely song.
totally agree
I promised Cobee to Joulie on Valentine’s Day. Tim and I exchange lottery tickets on Valentine’s Day and every other holiday, significant or otherwise. The song is just beautiful.
I like the lottery ticket idea! For those of us with sufficient imagination (or loose hold on ‘reality’) that would be quite the exciting gift, during the those seconds between, “For me?” and “You shouldn’t have.”
John, Vinny and I are a pack, too. LOL. For grat item #7, I would like to propose that I’m grateful for Saturday nite call-ins. It’s the greatest Q & A “radio” show evah! Haha. And I’m grateful for the upcoming spring weather. The crocus are peeking out, our tulip leaves are poking out of the ground by several inches! It’s almost here, friends! Haha.
Done
Beautiful music choice!
it was one of those things, I was watch a trailer for a movie, some science fiction thing and there was just a few seconds of the song, but it totally grabbed my attention…looked it up. very wonderful song
Great list of thankfuls. We are the same way, we get gifts for our cats instead of each other :) Have a nice week.
you too!
I loved looking for the “truncated upper half of a question point.”
Another favorite of mine is the joking between you and Phyllis about Valentine’s Day gifts in #5. What a delightful pack the three of you are.
I listened to the song several times. It is kind of mesmerizing and beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.
thanks… the song is very good, no?
My husband and I exchanged cards and that was it. I told him I thought about getting him a Reese’s peanut butter heart, but it was $6.00 for maybe 4 or 5 ounces of candy, making the price per pound something ridiculous. It’s the thought, right?
As the nuns use to tell us, “the thought is as bad as the deed”… wait a minute, let me rephrase that, ‘the road to …’ nope that’s not right
I totally agree lol
Today is my niece’s first birthday and that song you shared feels like the perfect fit. I will play it for her.
purely chance encounter (with this song), but, like those things that are exceptional, I was immediately captured by the song, the voice, the singer.