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

“Cain, yo. What did you bring? oh… no, nothing! I heard Yahweh totally loves a good fruit cocktail”

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Founded by L.R. while on sabbatical from Oxford University in the Spring of 1907. The TToT is what she confided to the clerk at a hostel in the Scottish Highlands as, “An exercise that feels good. Not at all like calisthenics and medicine ball and such, which only feel good to those observing. Kind of like much of Life, at least until we learn the restorative powers of Gratitude. And I’ll thank you to give me the same room Mary Shelly stayed in during her Wanderjahr.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine the sine qua non of all of this blog-writing and such

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop Where the stories are brief and heartfelt.

5) the Unicorn Challenge Welll Don’t get us started on this crew! Sure, photo prompts are not uncommon in the ‘sphere. But there are photos and there are ‘wth?!! photos’. You know what the cool thing about bloghops am? The opportunity to learn new writin’ stuff. Hey! That’s a Grat if I ever saw one! (see Grat#7).

6) (stop the presses! this just in! Less.Than.A.Week!) …Until the beginning of Summer!

7) lol (clearly, this is not our first rodeo) No, serially! The thing about the ‘hops the Doctrine participates in is the atmosphere created, not only by the hosts, but by the participating writers. Like a improv of any of the performing arts where people gather, it’s all about the attitude. A balance of competition without the need to ‘one-up’ and the appreciation of other styles and skill levels. Exemplified by writers like ladysighs and Michael at the ‘corn and Reena and Frank.

8) and…and! FOTD, Cynthia’s all, new-look website. (An Arlo Guthrie lyric comes to mind) Stop by at Art Funky. Tell her the Doctrine sent ya!

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10) Secret Rule 1.3 from the Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules)

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