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Fraedae -the Wakefield Doctrine- “…what you see is what can be.”

November 10, 2024 By clarkscottroger 10 Comments

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

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to ‘the Unicorn Challenge‘

A photo-prompt bloghop hosted by jenne and ceayr, it has the simplest of rules: keep it at (or under) 250 words.

“Careful.” [concern, barbs of fear smoothed by determined practice, the woman’s voice spoke of a future too-well defined]
The man stepped down one step. The ball of his bare left foot found solidity on the wood timber. His heel, failing to find a stable surface to match, protested even as the ankle joint ratcheted like a neglected clockwork.

His compressed lips, a semaphore of mixed emotions, his only reaction, the man resisted the urge to grasp the offered forearm.

“Mom used to talk about how, as a boy, you spent your summers here.” [concern, sparkled by a temptation to see the man out of time]
“Why did you bring me here?” [concern, sufficiently applied, re-configured the aim of the simplest of questions]
Gravity, it is said, is the necessary challenger to the infant, yet becomes a thoroughly un-reliable companion to those on the other end of the suggestively-misnamed, Circle of Life.

His steps gained confidence, quickened. A sound, hidden beyond the last low-rise of grass-embroidered sand, called to him.

“Careful!” [concern, when no longer defined by one’s fears turns on its host, refusing once automatic compliance.]
Now running in the controlled-stumble of one who seeks without regard to consequences, the once-young man saw the ocean waves. Their promise of the joy of physicality came with a price to be paid on an undefined installment plan.

“Whee!” [the ultimate mashup of joy and sharing favored by the young not bound by the need for permission.]

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 8, 2024 By clarkscottroger 9 Comments

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. A remarkable continuation of the ‘Kill’em with Kindness’ approach to the Slings ‘n Arrows Constituency, Jack’s (C.S. Lewis to his dog) long-lost, putatively-illegitimate grand-niece, Lizzi R, has a demonstrably beneficial effect on the virtual world, even to this day.

This week, among the people, places and things we’re grateful for are the following:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) Landscaping Update: The decision has been made to continue with the ‘Let Nature take Her course’ approach with the front and side Meadows. Slightly tempted to mow it all before the full-on Winter arrives. But no, we’re gonna stay, ‘stepped back’ and see what grows, totally unimpeded by the Efforts of Man (and Phyllis and Mia)

5) moderate weather (for the season)… as the the old, crocheted-homily reminds us, ‘There’s a bright side to every climatological tipping point!”

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop Six Pix of the Week: ‘The Black & The Gold‘ by Spira (aka the Gatekeeper (a Proprietor @ the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro^{See Grat #9 below})

7) the Unicorn Challenge bloghop ‘Corn Pick of the Week: ‘the Unicorn Challenge 08/11/24‘ by Pensitivity

8) something, something

9) the Six Sentence Café & Bistro (that blue? a link to our under-utilized free WP blog created for the purpose of enhancing the immanent reality of what amounts to a cooperative, socio-virtual metaphor. A place where those with the desire and good intent can go (and/or reference independently), in the virtual world/online that has: a consistent form, a varied constituency and unlimited potential (for story-telling, speculation, reflection and all the other fun aspects of ‘fiction’). Stop by sometime. (“We’re looking at you, Frank) lol (no, not a gotcha, just a friendly invite to a currently ongoing serial adventure involving the tall, thin man, Mimi, Tom, Nick, Chris, Denise and a new ‘character’ Rosetta Storme.

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine- [an Ian Devereaux Six]

November 7, 2024 By clarkscottroger 13 Comments

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

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise defined by it’s numerical eponymous title.

…previously in this Six Sentence Serial

[ed. Hey! if you haven’t read Nick‘s first Six, hold off on listening to my audio accompaniment; his totally enhances his story. Ours? Well, we broke a casual Rule about not reading other Sixes until we publish our own and kinda got the power chords stuck in our heads. Not to say it doesn’t work here, but just a whole different tone. ya know?]

Prompt word:

WEDGE

“What’cha got in the bag, pal,” the voice from the alley confirmed how ill-advised my decision to walk the three city-blocks from the Bottom of the Sea to my office for some take-out dinner and overdue paperwork was.

I came this close to taking the civilized path, the wedge-shaped intersection that created two realities: one in which I surrendered the doggy bag Diane Tierney put, still warm on the bottom, in my hands not seventeen minutes before, and the other, playing my role in the ultimate screenplay an absent-minded Creator threw into the first Man’s go-bag as He evicted him from the Garden.

“Here,” extending my right hand to the middle third of the not-high-enough junkies blocking my path;

“It’s not worth fighting over,” the tone of dismissal dashed any hope of not stepping into chaos; the leader-by-default grabbed my wrist providing me momentary stability, so I leaned back on my trailing leg and swept his legs, the filthy concrete sidewalk broke both his fall and his nose.

The second mugger scrambled to get out of reach as I turned in his direction, the shock of adrenalin flooding his previously-sedated nervous system panic-froze him in place; the third, seemingly more experienced mugger, was reaching into his Army surplus jack for what I assumed was a weapon, so, after setting my dinner-to-be on a clean section of sidewalk, I grabbed the hair on either side of his face and, shaking his head like a disobedient dog, yanked him to a fire hydrant.

For god knows what reason, a scene from Godfather III flashed through my mind,

“Hey, Mugger number 2, watch this,” I then did my best, short-order cook cracking an egg, on the cast iron fire hydrant; the first mugger groaned in the dark, the second one threw-up and the third, well, he just kind of broke.

I picked up the take-out bag that Diane, one of my favorite people, had given me and continued my walk in the dark city night.

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 6, 2024 By clarkscottroger 13 Comments

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

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise defined by it’s numerical eponymous title.

Prompt word:

WEDGE

“Why do you have to let this become a wedge between us?”

“I know what I said last night and we both know thats not why I said it.”

“Oh, it’s my fault…again.”

“No, but you’re the one who said the time we spent together makes all the bad things worthwhile, or, at least tolerable.”

“I meant it.”

“For god’s sakes, then please just grow up, normal people don’t go into an emotional death-spiral at the end of Daylight Savings Time.”

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- Career Day! (Doctrine-style)

November 5, 2024 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

So, the Everything Rule^{Hey! Down at the bottom of the post, New Reader. Ya know, if’n you did your reading, you wouldn’t be all ‘but…but!} notwithstanding, there are some jobs. occupations, vocations, avocations and dalliances best suited to one of the three.

Physician: roger (for the technical/sciency medicine, i.e. oncologist, orthopedics), clark (pediatrician, gerontologist, psychiatrist), scott (see next subset)

Surgeon: scott

Dentist: roger hygienist: clark (only if the class for physical therapist was all full on registration day lol)

We could list a lot more, but the Doctrine is a tool. Actually, to be more precise, the Wakefield Doctrine is an additional perspective (on the world around us and the people who make it up) so, go ahead, think of different jobs and professions and the imagine each of the three predominant worldviews in that role.

ProTip:

See, the Wakefield Doctrine is about relationships. Make that a verb. It’s about how we relate ourselfs to the world we find ourselves living in.

So, consider the profession of carpenter. If you are relating yourself to the world as does the Herd Member, how do you feel about this business of working in wood? Hint: you know there’s a Right Way and it, (this Right Way), will distinguish you from those around you engaged in the same task. Category: woodworking/finish carpenter/craftsman. You with us?

OK consider law enforcement. Quick! First memory-impressions. Chase the bad guys. Capture the bad guys. So who do you think will bring the fullest personal involvement to executing the duties of the profession? An Outsider who is ever-curious but needs to stay in the background lest they be scrutinized? Or, perhaps a Herd Member? They surely know that rules are not to be broken but unless they have support, (posse/mob/a third of the gym class), they’ll wait it out. Who just stole the police car?!! ;p. there’s your person. the Predator.

We’ve provided the template. You want to have fun with the Wakefield Doctrine’s unique perspective? Then read up on the three ‘personality types’ understand their individual relationship with the everyday world. And, it wouldn’t hurt to learn characteristic behaviors and such, i.e. the workshop pegboard with each individual tool’s outline stenciled on it or the mumbled joke that seems to emanate from somewhere beyond the first ring of gathered students or, even, the woman at the supermarket that makes you not mind the wait in line.

Like that.

We know you can do this. Don’t worry about getting it right. You can’t get it wrong and, even better, you can’t break it.

clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel

the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them