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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.

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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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.

8) something, something

9) Six Sentence Story bloghop

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (Come on, ask. You know you want to!)

music

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 27, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

Had an interesting discussion with Denise this Saturday during the Wakefield Doctrine Saturday Night call-in (See right column on landing page for how to join us any Saturday 8:00 pm EST).

Topic included the insights afforded by rigorous study and totally embracing the Doctrine as a tool for better the people in our lives.

And, as part and parcel with that endeavor, is the effort to better know our-ownself. This is demanded by the implication of a phrase contained within the ‘Mission Statement’ of the Wakefield Doctrine: ‘to be in a position to appreciate how we relate ourselves to the world around us and the people who make it’.

the ‘phrase’? (how) we relate ourselves to the world around us.

As we always do, we point out that we did not say ‘how we relate to the world around us’. The distinction is critical to getting the most from everyone’s favorite personality theory.

Quick example of another Doctrine Insight^©:

‘Lashing Out‘.

ed. Those reading this are most likely clarks¹.

So you’ve got this long-running candidate for bff. Known them since, like, forever. More significantly, they’ve been there for you through through some rough patches. Comfortable, easy-going, low-stress relationship. Not like your scottian best friend. (Hey, who else, when you first got your driver’s license, was willing to show you how much fun it was to climb half-way out the passenger side window? Who else tricked you into remembering how much fun it was to run, with abandon, just because?)

If you’re a clark (and you really don’t have a lot of uncertainty about that at this point, right?). You know the difference between your scottian friend and your rogerian friend.

This is about your rogerian friend.

Here, no frills or excessive explanation: you are sitting around in conversation or maybe out to the mall, (or wherever hypo-aged people go these days), and without hint, preamble or warning, your rogerian friend says, ‘You are such an asshole.’

After getting your breath back (being punched in the solar plexus will do that, even when it’s a metaphorical punch. see * below).

Your first reaction, clark, is to think, “What the hell did I say/do to bring that on?”

Wakefield Doctrine Insight of Value: Nothing. It was not you, it was them.

* lets review our predominant worldviews: clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel. clarks live in a world of thought and reason (valid or otherwise) and rogers inhabit the world of emotions and emotional content. What makes this ‘lashing out’ so immediately devastating to a clark is that rogers are attuned to the emotional dimension. They will find the maximum pain point without fail. Which is why clarks be all ‘that was awful, I must have done something to bring that on’.

You didn’t

They did.

Accept that while the pain/discomfit of being lashed out at is real, the guilt/responsibility is not.

PS. most clarks find this Doctrine Insight^© helpful (And on a totally personal level, all of the hours of writing and such in bringing this Wakefield Doctrine to the world has been worth it for this one insight. For ourselfs.)

1) If you’re a scott or a roger, (and visiting this blog more than once), congratulations! You are possessed of a significant clarklike secondary aspect. (No! Don’t worry! Your secret is safe with us. lol)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 18, 2025 By clarkscottroger 10 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). Since that fateful Saturday morning in 1983 when a nameless blogger by the name of Lizzi R decided to find 10 bloggers of a certain sensibility to join as Hostinae and Hostum of the soon to be world famous, the Ten Things of Thankful. The rest is as they say history ( “...historein “be witness or expert; give testimony, recount; find out, search, inquire,” are derivatives of histōr “knowing, expert; witness” (as in hyperhistor “knowing all too well“).

Insider Insight: the original format of this exercise in the recollection, appreciation and nurturing of the higher order process of being grateful? ‘Fifty Items of…’ you read that correctly, Fity! The Founderess practiced this for quite some time before deciding to ask the rest of us to join in on a more easier exercise. Can we get a ‘Whew!!’?

1) Phyllis

2) Una (that’s Una at the top of this post). Talk about an illustration of simple joy… in life, in herself, in the day. She was a total power of example. We so felt the gap between what we are capable of and what she so freely shared in her demonstration of, “Come on, human! It’s fluffy snow… run, run because it’s fun!”

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) a (Netflix series) ‘The Residence‘ totally entertaining and, as many us involved with the various bloghops, we enjoyed watching the writing as we did in being entertained by it.

6) Had rain this week, the water level of the Pond did not subside as radically as it had on a previous rain event. Perhaps the soil in not as dry, parched and welcome to an Altered Climate, binyons, as we thought.