Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Originally conceived to external validation for the non-comprehensible, this grat blog has thrived as well as survived.
The rules are simple, the standards lax. Try it! It’s fun and beneficial. Below is a list of the people, places and things that are noteworthy for having inspired a state of gratitude in the mind of your Humble Curator.
1) Phyllis
2) Una
3) the Wakefield Doctrine
4) proximity of the ocean, (well, oceanographically, the body of water in our photo at the top of this post is Block Island Sound,) that allows us the luxury of, instead of going straight home, lets swing by the ocean and see what we can smell.
5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop
6) Hey! You’re write! We haven’t done a ‘I betcha that you: a) have already read this or, 2) should, do, and can thank us later. Without adieu and in no conscious order of desirability:
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke
- All you Zombies by Robert Heinlein
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- It’s a Good Life by Jerome Bixby
Damn! Just realized, each of the above were short, (and some short, short) stories that became novels and/or movies.
Let us know what’cha think!
7) a dog, a ball and a chromatic hotspot
8) the Unicorn Challenge bloghop
9) something, something
10) Secret Rule 1.3
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Very nice, especially 7)
Thank you
Flowers for Algernon always makes me somber (in all 3 versions).
(speaking as a native Y Chromian)… it totally bummed me out when I read it the first time.
Oh, how I miss (#4) across the street.
Thanks always for #5 and shout out and your participation.
I fear I’ve only read 2 out of the 5. I best get those others on the “to read” list!
oceans are good
#4 There’s nothing to compare. That dominant mineral-rich, intertidal, polarising , cool dampness that only the sea can give. Love it.
can’t imagine living more than our current 20 minute drive to the ocean
I don’t do a great job of remembering the books I read, but I’m pretty sure I read Flowers for Algernon, and perhaps Ender’s Game. I will check out the other suggestions (and perhaps revisit the ones I think I’ve read just to make sure!)
#7–who is that dog?
(A friendly reminder to link up to this blog hop!) :-)
(thanks for the note… you are showing here as linked but the Doctrine is not showing on your blog. Strange. Will link. (Not for nothin’ but I usually manually link to Mimi’s TToT but she uses blogger)
That is Mia. First birthday Siberian Husky…. (long story did a lot of research went with … here is a video (from a very funny guy, Johnny Devaney) that cracks Phyllis and I up every single time:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Lv9ls2tYvs
Yes, it is so true – Mia is the perfect dog for a couple that hate themselves :)