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

Hosted by Dyanne, co-hostethered* by Mimi and Pat and Lisa. The Then Think of Thankful (TToT) bloghop is a most extraordinary exercise, not merely in gratitude, but in reflection on the nature of personal reality. (No! Really! (Well, ok, but for some of us! What?! Yeah, we could name names. We just don’t want to… protect the insolent. lol)).

Created in the late ’90s by Lizzi, this ‘hop has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as “Most Patience for Off-the-Wall Introductions to Otherwise, Really-not-that-Bad blog posts”***

On with the post. We will, without reservation, cite the following people, places and things that incite the gratitude state.

1) Phyllis for being a person who demonstrates that life can, if faithful effort is applied, be one of increasing impeccability.

2) Una for being a life-form who demonstrates that life does not require instruction manuals or third-party advice, provided one engages each day without reservation.

3) the Wakefield Doctrine for providing a(n additional) map for life, the world and the people who make it up. Although, only in recent editions has there been a complete list of rest-stops, (rated: Five Star to ‘sure, if you really have to’), a handy little scale at the bottom right corner (Legend includes: ‘One hour= Eternity’ and ‘Remaining Exits: 1 grain of sand.’)

While not a simple, read-in-one-sitting, the Doctrine is the ultimate serial guide to life, each installment is edited up until the last possible second. And, given how much we are allowed to know about the other person, (provided we learn the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine), we need never be bored. At least if we’re sitting in an airline-or-bus terminal, doctor’s office waiting room, un-inspired teacher’s class or, the moment before the next. Try it. It’s fun.

4) the serial stories ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘ and ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘

5) the 20 Minute Real Estate Briefing. (Pretty sure I put out a previous appeal**) but, our scottian aspect, (ever the ‘here and now’ guy), be saying, “Come on! Youtube wants to see increasing subscriptions, your Readers would be upset if you didn’t even ask….ya know?” Click on below, the vid is short. Others are available, subscribe (please).

6) the Six Sentence Story. A place to read, understand and follow, (at least in faint imitation), the parables and lessons of life brevitas.

7) Books meant to be read in the cold of Winter: Ghost Story (Peter Straub), Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card). Your favorite-enough-to-read-year-after-year, ‘Winter’s tale’?

8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE Two sentences short of a complete thought? This week we have a special! Send in the Grat fragment and we will look in our bin of ‘you-really-should-appreciate-what-you-have’ fragments and paste ’em together, real cogent-like.

9) 21st century technology that affords me the opportunity to engage in an activity that I abhor, simultaneously with one that I adore: a)waiting in front of a vacant house for someone I can’t dismiss and 2) writing for the Wakefield Doctrine

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (’cause what kind of bloghop is it that don’t have secret rules? Lizzi built this thing for enjoyment, not simply self-improvement.)

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* not a ‘real’ word but if this is not your first visit to our blog, you know what we mean

** at least to the extent possible given that my tertiary rogerian aspect is a distant third in my personality

*** ed. note: yeah, a way long way to go for a laugh…. like the taste of coffee versus the aroma