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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 8, 2025 By clarkscottroger 1 Comment

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. Often imitated, never duplicated, though, trying to be realistic, sometimes replicated, the TToT is an exercise in the development of an awareness of, and cultivation of the psycho-social state of minded referred to as gratitude. Mostly a noun, the verb (form) is to examine the world around us and make a conscious decision to find the good/positive.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) new windows in Phyllis’ cottage

5) changing the landscape (See Grat #6 for rationale)

before:

after:

6) Why the cutting down of this year’s dominant plantform? ’cause we want all flora to have a shot at taking over the side-yard, ya know? It was simple grass last year and the year before that? Everyone’s favorite prehistoric, cavewoman plant… The thistle! But, as a Grat, the plants that grow and flourish are different each year.

7) the photo at the top? That’s Weekapaug Breachway. Not more than twenty-minute drive from home. booyah

8) something, something

9) new Host at the TToT. Andrew Wilson! He writes the excellent, ‘How would you know…?’

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music vids

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Teusday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 4, 2025 By clarkscottroger 1 Comment

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

As oft happens, a comment from a student of the Doctrine has provided us with a launch point for today’s post.

From Mimi

Context is everything in knowing the answer!

Absolutely… in the sense that….

lol

fricken clarks! (referring to us, your Narrator of this post and Curator of the this blog and not our valued Correspondent, Mimi)

in the sense that…

You know the horrible power conveyed by the ambition to the search for ‘the Answer’? It allows us* to laugh (with a slight twinge of something) at the thought of living a life of inquiry which, at times, can leave us as uncertain where lies the forest and which things should we consider the trees.

Anyway, that is the, albeit not-totally-fun, beginning for some of us to notice others of our kind in our (individual) worlds and among the people who make it up. This can be a double-edged sword, emotionally-speaking. To accept others who are like us can be (momentarily) painful.

Speaking as a clark, we have noticed the clarks as we go about our day in the world at large. And, more often than not, when encountering a younger/less mature version of ourselfs, there can be a slight uncomfitablity. All, mind you, in a ‘there but for the grace of…’ sense.

* speaking as your self-admitted clark (with a significant secondary scottian aspect) only, of course

New Readers! One of the first Rules of this here Wakefield Doctrine here was: No one has the authority to designate another person’s predominant worldview. It is entirely left to each of us to declare, (or decline to declare), what our predominant worldview is. That said, it can be both educational, instructive and fun to discuss others’ personality trypes provided we do not do so in a manner that would result in a sudden increase in the scrutiny brought to bear on this individual. As a matter of fact, here at the Wakefield Doctrine it is considered a rude act and/or boorishness to bring another’s predominant worldview into a conversation before they on their own initiative do.

Thanks! Mimi!

Who said, “What all that got to do with her Comment?’

lol ok, ok, two words: ‘the Everything Rule’

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Monday-not-Sunday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 3, 2025 By clarkscottroger 1 Comment

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

Show of ‘hands’.

New Content?

RePrint post (…from the Golden Age of Doctrine posts)?

New…Golden Age… new…

OK! The Hands have it!

We’ll start with a couple of Doctrine ProTips and then find some post that takes us out to three-four hunnert words.

Doctrine ProTip
Primus

New Readers: ‘Warning! Warning. If you persist in ‘learning’ the fundamentals of the Wakefield Doctrine to a sufficient degree, you will be in a position to ‘see’ the clarks, scotts and rogers in your everyday life. No! Wait… that’s not the Warning! part. The Warning! part is that once you’ve gotten to this point of establishing the Wakefield Doctrine as an alternative perspective on the world around you (and the people who make it up)… you will not be able to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world.

ed. we feel better now. that’s the responsible thing to do with New Readers.

How about a really fun and practical insight into the world of a Doctrine neophyte?

Doctrine ProTip
Secundus

Ask someone, anyone* the following Question:

How Much is Two plus Two?

Spoiler Alert: In the case of one of the three** you’ll recognize their predominant worldview as soon as they answer.

…Out of time y’all. Sorry, we’ll keep that RePrint on hold.

Remember! Tell a clarklike friend to come and visit us here at the Wakefield Doctrine blog.

* as you learn this here Doctine here, your first extrapolation of the principles will likely be the insight that, of the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine, aka the personality types, the person you try this on will define themselves by the initial response to your efforts. As in, ‘Jeez! Come on! This isn’t a trick question…roger

** the three predominant worldviews:

the Outside (clarks) arm’s length (in a subtle, polite but remarkably strong way) people you already know (or are)… they won’t get mad. Unless they do (Hint: only because you’re being kind of a jerk about it) and then…well, you’ll never see them leaving
the Predator (scotts) not so much ‘in your face’… well, ok, in your face, but mostly in a fun and amusing way… kinda like walking down a city sidewalk or in a crowded social gathering and getting your pocket picked by an extraordinarily attractive man/woman.
the Herd Member (rogers) they’re all around you! no, wait, if you’re new here that is not helpful. they’re all around you, which, as a clark you immediately think of the map of Canada***… if you’re a scott you’ll lick your metaphorical (or non-metaphorical) lips… smorgasbord heaven is all this is… or a roger yourself ‘What crowd, this is the Real World.’

*** the country, per Wikipedia with the most shoreline… ha ha

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Sunday/Sunday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 2, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

Seeing a lot of New Readers out there.

As soon as we present a description of the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine, a certain percentage of you New Readers here are gonna be all, ‘Which of those am I? Please, I wanna be a scott they got the moves, they think of fear as a condiment* and a bunch of you, who have delayed moving on to we-are-the-world.com be all ‘History, what’s not to like?!’

Quick and (damn! I knew it) test/filter:

When you woke up this morning and the day’s demands and promises, threats and enticements began their endless clamoring, did you think of it as ‘dealing with the world out there?’

…Hello! clark. Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine. We’d say, make yourself at home but, a) yeah, sure and 2) yes but no!…mostly clarks here.

Everyone else? You still reading? Then you’re a scott or** you’re a roger and you have (Advanced Concept, don’t worry about it right now), a significant secondary clarklike aspect. No, no! That’s a good thing.

Here are the three predominant worldviews (aka personality types) of the Wakefield Doctrine:

clarks (the Outsider) you’re sure there’s nothing, like, permanently wrong with you. But everyone else seem to know each other on some level or something. You suspect you just zoned out one day when the Human Being Orientation was held. Fortunately, you love learning new things and are sure you’ll discover it sooner or later, but know to totally keep this to yourself
scotts (the Predator) you’re not sure of what you’re supposed to know and you don’t care. The world is all around you now and there’s so much to do… hunt, chase and capture, pretty much says it all. That and when face to face with another Predator fight like hell, get along fine once ranking is established
rogers (the Herd Member) you’re so sure of everything that it’s almost boring. The world is quantifiable, the Rules are…maybe not simple, but straight-forward understandable. And you have a place in it all! Learn every Rule and make sure those around you know them as well.

ohkay!

That’s a good start.

New Raders remaining? We like to provide tuneage (all rights are to those who own them…and thanks!)

*true description from a predominant scott.

** sorry, only one predominant worldview to a person. (Advanced Doctrine: It’s all about how you relate yourself to the world around you and the people who make it)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 1, 2025 By clarkscottroger 8 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Every week, since the summer of 1895 (when London was in the grips of a growing evil), one woman gathered her scant belongings, (her clothes, a diary, rag-torn tiger pajamas and her trusty laptop) and escaped the city. Taking up residence in the village of Pressed-Rat-on-Warthog, outside the thriving seaport of Personchester, our Founderette wrote. And, so, now, we take-up keyboards in honor of her vision: ‘Those Good People, Places, Things and Events? Focus on them! Go on wid ya.”

Following are the people, places, things and events we look to in our effort to increase the valence of the positive and, in doing so, decrease the attraction of the negative.

Plus! We get to post fun photos (old, new, imaginary and, ‘No! Really! This is what we witnessed’)

So if you’re reading this, Welcome to the TToT. Our Hostinae (yeah, they have a ton of writing skills, not to mention a certain maturity, …their lists will make sense.)

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the pond’s water level, not to mention reflectivity, continues to rise. cool, non?

5) three houses (of sort) in the woods

6) Hey! We were going to list the Hostinae, (and we still will), hold on. But being in a mode of recruitment, what say we stick some names and links of others including some former hostettes? Current staff: Mimi, Dyanne, Kristi, Lisa, Denise, cai, KnitCat and Misky. (From the Before Time: Christine, zoe, Kristi One)

7) Ola’s tree… the serpentine tree extending out over her grave. So, Ola had this thing where, if you gave her a largish rock, she would move it hither and fro by virtue of digging the ground to either side, Imparting a slight bias to one side or another would allow her to determine the rock’s path. Being a considerate German Shepherd, when doing this in the fenced in backyard, Ola made a point of sticking to the perimeters. The pine was somewhat young when Ola’s rock trenched its way by and the rest… as you can see, phototropism waits for no canine.