Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Here we are again. Kristi throws open the shutters (though, maybe to keep with the seasonal metaphor) pushes aside the curtains on the bloghop that Lizzi created. Kristi welcomes all to read, write and share any experiences with/of gratitude. (Don’t have to be no doctor with degrees (lol fore-shadowing of the music vid)). In any event, mark your calendars: June 6 2019
1) Phyllis. For providing reminders of things I’ve learned and sometimes forget that I already know.
2) Una. For being a living demonstration of the rightness of some of the things referenced in Item 1
“One paw after the other… can you remember that?”
3) Yardwork3A & 3B The photo at the top of the post is from yesterday at the site of most of my physical and spiritual self-development. There is a brush pile on our property, one edge of which is in the photo with Bella’s wagon. It, (the pile, not Bella’s wagon), is easily 20 years in the making. Most of the woods on our property are pines. Pine trees, as we all know, shed limbs like baggies of pot out the windows of a 1969 VW bus at a traffic stop. In any event, we decided to clean up the woods. Trouble is, brush piles like this one compress over time and one has to dig (with a rake) in order to expose the under layers of rotten tree trunks.43B
4) 3B Exercise So… about the rotten tree trunks that I’m uncovering. Like a personal archeological dig, (“My God, Carruthers! The people who built these brush mounds surely must have dwarfed modern Man, not only in size but in short-sightedness!). I’m stacking the top layers in neat piles for the chipper and pulling cart loads of rotten tree trunks to a section of woods where no one goes. (Yes, I know, clarks don’t always learn their lessons).
5) 3A Spiritual development. To walk quietly when physically exhausted. (For a clark) surely the next step in spiritual development. The body knows, we need only quiet the mind.
6) The Book-writing process. Defending my doctoral fiction thesis at the University of Stomach Aches, Doubt & Elation.
7) Upcoming anniversation* of this here bloghop hop. See Kristi and the TToT facebook group for details. Speaking of wild-partying, has anyone ‘seen’ Jack? (He gets credit/takes the blame for one of the cooler anniversary past events… the one with ‘Naked Cake’)
8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE Need a place to publish a single Grat, want to give the group a shoutout but only one, not ten? Here you go.
9) Gotta go with an old standby: technology (in general) computers (in particular). Had to replace the home typing-box. Staying with St. Roger’s Computers and Sundries (Apple). The process has been… interesting. Will save the story for next week’s TToT.
10) Secret Rule 1.3 You know, you made it!
music vid
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About clarkscottroger
Here ye, here ye. This here Doctrine is a mandatory grat item, persuant to Article 7 Sub-section D of the Gratitude Code. Sub-sections A, B and C have to do with appreciation for the clarks, the scotts, and the rogers. Sub-section E implies that once affiliated with the Doctrine, you will meet lots of interesting and awesome people who are likely to be fellow clarks finding their way as the quintessential Outsider. In this way, they become eccentric Insiders, privy to the secret society of misfits who bear incandescent knowledge of the Self. These Articles, thus, are hereby meant to elevate the daily existence of the average blogger into an echelon of kindness and gratitude.
(The people don’t have to know that Articles 1-6 are completely imaginary. But they have to do with the supernatural. It’s anybody’s guess as to what they are.) Have a nice Sunday!
No truer words spoken, Ms Sageleaf!
Totally love, “…they become eccentric Insiders, privy to the secret society of misfits who bear incandescent knowledge of the Self.”
Excellent post this week. All.
# 6. Don’t we love the pain of persistence.
Now. About those brush piles. 1st thing that comes to mind is….snakes! I be wearing knee high steel toe boots (mine don’t have steel toes but I wore them moving brush anyway, lol) and super duty gloves and some kind of crazy, Oliver Douglas industrial strength coveralls. Then, I’d be ok to work in that shit :)
I’ll mark my calendar for sure! 6 years!
So far, so good with the extraneous lifeforms. (I do have gloves of the gods… i.e. welder’s gloves that go up to my elbows.)
You don’t have to be no doctor to enjoy this post.
Phyllis, I just discovered your blog! (I love it, by the way!) You know you (right?) that you are always welcome and invited to post your own TToT. We’d love to hear from you, if you wouldn’t object to a TToT inserted into your other writings. :-)
Thank you – appreciate that.
Just spotted my typo! Of course you know you! I meant to say, “You know (right?”). . . “
Yes can correct it if you’d like
Have a new computer can’t seem to comment on blogger posts!
Will figure it out, might be late making the rounds.
lol
“Tis the season for yardwork! John finished the rose garden, and now has moved on to another digging project–a fire pit. I had to chuckle at your archaeological dig comment, because it has been like that here: brown broken pottery all over the place (no idea!), and garden hand tools that apparently got covered up and forgotten years ago.
Thanks for spreading the word about the blog hop anniversary. I think we will have lots of TToTers join us!
At least it’s rotten tree trunks, easier to dig, the endless numbers of sticks and twigs and wood and such makes for slow going but I’m making progress.
Yardwork does give lots of time for thinking (like i need more of that!). Your descriptions give me great scope for the imagination.
lol… yeah, turning that brain off there’s the rub
have a good weekend
Lovely to work the traded woods and live to tell about it. Be careful in dem dere woods!
Yard work and exercise seem to go hand in hand. While there are times when a bit of inspiration comes to me while in the great outdoors, if I am physically exhausted and my pace is slowing, my steps will most likely lead me to the sofa for a nap rather than spiritual development. LOL
Cleaning up the woods sounds like a noble ambition. I certainly understand that whole thing about the brush piles that compact year by year and eventually appear as a mountain that has to tackled, unless of course you want a Mt. Sinai. :-)
University of Stomach Aches, Doubt & Elation – Excellent moniker!
Maybe it’s the exhaustion that is producing the illusion of spiritual development (i.e. my brain grinds to a halt lol)
Hey! having trouble a new computer, it wouldn’t let me leave a comment!
I’ll paste it here for safe-keeping while I hopefully figure it out.
“One paw after the other… can you remember that?” Dogs really teach us to live in the moment, don’t they?
All the best for #6, I am sure it will turn out great!
Have a great week!
very much so!