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

Can’t say I’ve done more than fly over the states between Texas and Utah. They look interesting. From thirty-five thousand feet. The driveways show, (from the plane), as being wicked long, but they have plenty of railroads. Well, one or two. But they go straight across the state(s) and, occasionally, breakout into corn and wheat silos that, in turn, provide an excuse for a town. The buildings are made of stone, the intersections are all ninety degrees and the parking, at least in town where the paved roads are, is, all, at an angle, instead of alongside or straight in. Jeez,  you’d think they’d make up their minds. Parallel to the curb is tough sometimes to park, but at least one passenger can get out safely. Straight in keeps it simple, when you leave the luncheonette or the notions and sundries store, you can remember to drive in the direction that doesn’t result in a crash.

…oh, yeah, our host is Dyanne.

lol… we are genuinely grateful that Dyanne stepped up and assumed the unenviable task of herding the writers and bloggers here, at the bloghop that Lizzi created, back in 1987. (It was so long ago, she had to fax in her posts). Suffice to say, the underlying principle has endured to this day: create a list of the people, places and things that have elicited a state of gratitude.

For us, here at the Doctrine, this week’s list includes:

1)  Phyllis ——————>

2) Una —↑

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Rite of Hat. Whereby followers, students, fans, friends and ‘they say what?!!’ may lay claim to parts of the world, monuments (both physical and emotional), States, large buildings, hotels, ancient ruins and craters in the desert. Said taking is conducted with as much moral justification as any number of invading ‘explorers’ / emissaries / agents of foreign countries, including kings and queens, popes and cardinals or anyone else in the 14th and 15th century prone to excessive jewelry-wearing, a pronounced tendency for funny hats and signing documents like the Treaty of Tordesillas using parts of dead animals. Wear a Wakefield Doctrine hat, (which is decidedly not funny, rather it is the height of eccentric personality theory fashion) and: their land is your land!

the Wakefield Doctrine…on the Road in…Arizona!

5) Six Sentence Story Denise and them writing short and fun fiction and stories and such.

6) Serial Stories: ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘ and ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘

7) Work/Wakefield Doctrine Demonstration project: ‘the 20 Minute Real Estate Briefing’ Every Wednesday at 5:30 EST Live on FB (?!?!!)

8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE

9) Speaking of the near-irreconcilable conflict of deliberately going live on video and…well, being a clark! Back in the day, we’d travel to Utah and Texas for business. Our favorite was Salt Lake City. Below is a partial record of the first of such trips. Yeah, the Wakefield Doctrine is an inspired, serendipitous perspective on people, the world and their individual and collective realities… but I was driving by the place… saw the sign and, well, it figured into any number of young adult daydreams, e.g. Don ‘Big Daddy’ Garlits (and his land speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats… (not in a Hyundai))

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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