Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Christmas
Last installment for Anno Domino (yum!) 2018, lets do what clarks do best, ‘remember times that best symbolize the good things in our lives that we under-appreciate at the time!’
Before we do that, thanks (and, of course, backup Grat) to Kristi for conducting and managing this here bloghop here, over the past year (and, baton-pass-thanks to Josie). The work in keeping the doors on this rhetorical fun house open is not inconsiderable.
How long has it been?
June 7, 2013
Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
…and welcome to the Inaugural Edition of the ‘Ten Things of Thankful’ blog hop.
The idea-child (to organize a blog hop with ‘Ten Things of Thankful’ as the central theme), of ‘the Considerer’. Her idea of a Saturday blog hop offers to demonstrate an aspect of the internet that is truly remarkable. To have a community created by the thoughts and ideas (shared by) people from all over the planet… coming into existence for a day…spreading outwards through the blogosphere, passed along, modified enhanced then to fading from view…only to return again, different yet the same. How cool is that?
1) That ↑ long. Thanks L.
2) Phyllis has provided a photo of Xmas decoration (as she provides the spirit of the season, as well).
3) Una (lol… the photo below: Phyllis had hidden some gifts and Una found one of them… she was so excited!)
4) The Graviteers: val and kristi, joy and may and, (in our New Jersey auxiliary), Lisa!
5) Six Sentence Story now proctored by Denise, downsprung from Zoe it is a place to go each week to practice writing and exercise our punctuationing skills….
6) Doctrine video post! Haven’t done one of these in a while. (lol… love the image that the money-changers at youTube decided on as a thumbnail…. that actually was at the very end of the vid and, I might add, quite justified a reaction…sorta)
7) the Wakefield Doctrine because it formed the context, (and from college days, the ‘premise’), for my presence in the virtual world. It is a tool nonpareil for understanding, appreciating and otherwise coming to grips with how we relate ourselves to the world around and, as an inevitable offshoot of that, a most useful tool for self-improvement.
8) Sunday Supplement
9) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (Available to anyone out there with the desire to try out our little bloghop. Got only one grat? Not a problem! Send it in and I will totally post it here.)
10) Secret Rule 1.3 (from the Book of Secret Rules, aka the Secret Book of Rules) this rule states that we are entitled to the use of the fact of completing a Grat list as an item on that very same list! How economical! And insightful, too! (Well, consider: it’s one thing to experience gratitude and it’s an order of magnitude greater value to recognize gratitude. Because one is a feeling and the other, while still a feeling, involves acceptance. And acceptance is one of those Solomon Stone kinda perspectives, the fact of experiencing it goes way beyond the primary event.)
1) from 04/05/2014 TToT
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(lol… of course there’s a connection to the above post)
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Over 5 years?! On the one hand, yes, that sounds about right, on the other. . . 5 years?!
How is Una with toys? I always get Drexel the super-durable ones. Once he gets a seam open, stuffing ends up all over.
Una enjoys toys but only for a couple of days… we have a wicker basket full of toys. Whats interesting is, on occasion, she’ll be in the mood to play and will go to the basket and ‘pick out a toy’… there could be three or four on the living room floor before she finds the one she wants.
I’m convinced the manufacturers (of dog toys) imbue them with a scent/flavor or something to make dogs spend more time on them. The squeaking thing makes evolutionary sense, prey-dying-sounds… but watch Drexel with a new plush/cloth toy… the type of chewing… the same approach when starting on a new bone.*
*from time to time we’ll buy Una a ‘real’ bone, but only for supervised sessions… some have a tendency to crmumble or, worse, splinter… so the bone goes up on the refrigerator after its time to stop.
The toy that Una found was not intended for her, but for a child of a human friend.
I think that is part of the reason that Una was so delighted.
Your Christmas decor is lovely!
Thank you, M (Phyllis enjoys the total credit)
Thank you Phyllis! for letting us know the secret to Una’s joy, lol She recognizes a good toy when she sees one!
#5 So glad you enjoy participating in the 6 each week.
That book of secret rules needs to be used in Doctrine Initiations. HAHA. And when someone becomes a Downspring.
I hope your holiday festivities are underway and merry and bright. I think I need to do some Solsticing more than Christmasing, me thinks. lol
Glad you brought it up! only four more says until Winter’s end!