Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers ).

Hey! Merry Christmas.
Glad you could stop by. All of us ( Progenitors and DownSprings and FOTDs)¹  have totally enjoyed making your acquaintance-hood over the past 12 months. And we are looking forward to the year ahead, anticipating another 12 months of informative and fun Posts and  many more new photos of Wakefield Doctrine hats on (damn) heads sent in by Readers from across the globe. We especially enjoy seeing/hearing/talking to people about some of those who come here and read about the Wakefield Doctrine and then, at some later time, (these new people) are heard to say something about,  “...thats ’cause he is a roger” or “…you know, your life could be so much better if you would just not be so clarklike ” or even  “Hey!  scott! alright!! we gonna tear it up tonight!”

In today’s Post, we have  no ‘Big Message’ to convey. No subtle lesson, not a single gentle reminder or well-intentioned pitch for Reader participation. Today’s Post is just a ‘marker’, a way to force myself to stop, slow down and look around at this thing of ours. It may take me only a short time to write this and only a minute for you to read it, but for me, at this point in time, at this moment (4:22am EST to be exact) I can sit back in my chair and say (to myself…sort of),  “Really? You’re still here? …and you say you’re glad you made the effort to stick with this Doctrine thing. And those new people, the Readers and visitors? They are enjoying themselves? You say they ‘get’ the Doctrine… ( even without listening to me go on and on about the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers?) and they feel that they are benefitting from this thing of ours? And telling their friends?”

…..”damn! how cool is all that!”

…OK  time for quiet reflection is over!  Back to work!! This Doctrine won’t achieve world domination all by itself!  Lets get going!

(btw the ‘cover photo’ is of Ola, our first dog. Readers have no doubt seen that photo before, it is my favorite in that it captures Ola’s personality perfectly, “…big smile, big teeth”.)

… just so you can have the damn song stuck in your head for a week, here is a video of :

And just so you don’t get too warm and cozy, here are the actual lyrics:

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We’re happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland. (ok nothing strange, it is a fairly attractive image, sort of what we remember about the song.)

Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland. (still safe, expanding the imagery including local fauna in order to stress seasonal climate changes, safe, safe.)

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown (?)

He’ll say: Are you married? (Who do you mean, “Am I married”? what the hell are you asking that for?! …and who the fuck is Parson Brown?)
We’ll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you’re in town. (!?! The ground is beginning to feel decidedly spongy…)

Later on, we’ll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we’ve made, (Yes! The Plans! “…tell about the Plans, George! tell about the Plans…” )
Walking in a winter wonderland.

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he’s a circus clown (No, there is absolutely nothing funny/charming/cute about a circus clown made of snow, standing alone, in a field, not moving…yet)
We’ll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down. (Other ‘kids’? How old is this person, I mean he is talking about marriage for Christs sake!)

When it snows, ain’t it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We’ll frolic and play, the Eskimo way, (Yeah great lifestyle choice, eat still warm animal flesh, kiss with our noses and give birth on an ice floe. Merry Christmas you weird-ass singing 27 going on 13 year old)
Walking in a winter wonderland.

1) Progenitor roger, Progenitor scott, DownSpring#1, Ms.AKH, glenn, DownSpring Phyllis, DownSpring Joanne, (Friends of the Doctrine) Molly, Nell Rose, Mel, Claire Peek, Pix, Jasmine, Alexandra, Alx, Ronin, Mel, Jason, Molly’s Mom an them, Debbie, Lise, Denise