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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 30, 2026 By clarkscottroger 12 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. Created by Lizzi R in 1894, the St. Bride Library being established in London just three years prior being most advantageous for our founderess as they waited on the internet to be created.

The theme is gratitude, the narrative is lists, freeform poetry, haiku* or discursive finger-painting. We have only a single requirement for participation and that is to have good intent. Pretty simple, isn’t it? Citing the people, places, things and events that inspire the state of gratitude is the point. It’s been found that reading a TToT post has nearly the same effect of writing one. So come on down!

Following is our TToT:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) Front Meadow update

6) Wanna hear/read a really weird Grat? We all know that clarks are rather facile when it comes to imagination and spontaneous imagery. Sometimes this gift comes at a cost, albeit temporarily.

Here’s the set-up: we were working on the current landscaping project, i.e. clearing a very old brush pile. Check out the photos in Grat # 8 & 9. Our tools are a landscape rake, a snow shovel and a wheel barrow. Rake out the decaying wood, use the shovel to put it in the wheel barrow and dispose of it elsewhere on the property.

We pulled away an old log that apparently was being used as a burrow. A small animal immediately ran from the hole. It was grey with a pointy nose, whiskers …fine. As it ran away we couldn’t help but see what appeared to be a fan tail of feathers trailing from its hindquarters (think: peacock with tail down on the ground). Being a clark our imagination pulled up an image from the movie, ‘Annihilation’ Something like:

Can we get an aiiyee. Immediately, one of the mouse-ettes that were clinging to the mother most fell off and the world reorganized itself along more conventional lines. The mousette caught up, re-connected and the mouse family disappeared into the underbrush.

We decided to call it a day. The hair on the back of our neck and forearms needed a rest, don’cha know.

7) something, something

8) Current Landscape project. Before

9) Current Landscape project. Today

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

*haiku the original “You think you can write poetry? Of course you do.”

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Tewesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 26, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Misky, in her Comment to yesterday’s post, provides us with a topic and jumping off point:

“…tidy herd again, or at least a bigger herd than their little basic one at home.”

Well… where to begin!

rogers feel.

to M.’s characterization of (a) roger’s Herd as ‘little’ basic. We smile self-consciously and say, ‘Ya know, it’s true about size not mattering.’

The Herd, the membership to which, serving as the primary psycho-social behavioral metaphor of our 3rd personality is, as is, seemingly everything in the Wakefield Doctrine, about (a) relationship.

clarks think (and rely on the notion they understand), scotts act (and in doing so express their nature and, subsequently, the value they offer the world) and rogers feel (and surely there is no more pervasive force in the universe than emotion)

damn! we getting rather intense, yo

think about this: rogers live in a world that is held together and otherwise organized by Rules in a universe that is quantifiable (and therefore, knowable) and what it is is what is.

Herds are those people, places and things that are recognized/regarded/and otherwise acknoledged by a roger as conforming (or desiring to conform) to this description.

Hey! New Readers! Seeing how you’ve probably jumped down to the music vid, seeing how we’re getting all AP Doctrine this morning, are wondering if Jimi Hendrix was a clark? Yes. Yes he was. How do we know this? Start with the creativity. Then go online and find an interview video/tape. There’s a good one with Dick Cavett and …well, watch.

Supplementary Reading: rather than fill the page with facinating insight, what say we provide a simple link to a post that elaborates on the topic of rogers?

A closing observation: when considering the world of a roger, the notion of personal reality becomes essential. What rogers do, be it read the instructions with the intent of learning the proper operation of an appliance or how to assemble a model airplane to look exactly like the one on the box, they are not facing a chore. (As a clark might glance at the first panel and then the final diagram or a scott would make a paper airplane of it). They are celebrating the concise, complete world they live in. When you hear a roger say, ‘Are you ready for the big storm?’ They are not doomsaying. They are celebrating the Herd.

And that’s where one must start. To a roger, the entire world is their Herd. However, the level of personal congruence determines the immediacy and limits of their (personal) Herd.

And, while scotts being Predators, always establish ranking in any and all social settings and situations, rogers assume their place at the center of the Herd. Which is what brings us back to the previous statement that the entire world is the Herd. On a personal basis, the Herd are all extending outwards from their perspective (like there’s any other one?). So a ‘struggle for dominance between rogers plays out more indirectly, i.e. who is paying attention to you. Who else is vying for the attention of those in the room/at work/in class?

It is a soft war. But it is war. All rogers know there is a Right Way and while they spend most of their lifes nurturing view, the rest of the time is spent helping other rogers learn it.

Maybe you should follow the link above. This is a complex subject.

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M’day -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 25, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Mondays are the rogerian day of the workweek. We will leave it to out Readers to understand why or ask the question.

New Readers: rogerian is the adjectival form of the noun roger, one of the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine. The correct prounciation is ‘roe jeer reánn‘. While we’re on the topic of adjectives, when describing the characteristics/qualities of a scott (the second of the three predominant worldviews) the word is scottian and it’s pronounced ‘scoe shun‘. clarks? clarklike. sound it out. lol

Why are rogers fond of Mondays? Wrong question. The Everything Rule¹ notwithstanding, rogers cannot be said to be fond of, or otherwise relish, Monday. As with any of the three personality types, some activities, professions, advocations, teenage crushes, dark obsessions align more with one personality type than the other two. (Example: scotts police officer, clarks hermits)

In any event. The answer to this question is found in the nature/character of the rogerian relationship with the world around them and the people who make it up.

Pop Quiz! In the Comments below describe which element(s) in the rogerian relationship with the world, aka their personality type, are enhanced by the experience of the culturally-typical Monday. Compare and Contrast. Fity words or less, if you please.

Speaking of Compare and Contrast. The second-most challenging task encountered when under-taking to use the perspective afforded by this personality theory is the task of translation. The three ‘personality types’ are not a Sunday Supplement of ‘How Well Do You Know...’ list of traits and quirks, tropisms and emotional atrocities. They, individually and severally, are distinct personal realities. As such they convey with a distinct language. Not such a radical concept. Offensive perhaps, but not radical. We say ‘offensive’ as a point of distinction for this conversation with the understanding that if you’re still reading, then it, (the word offensive), is not so provocative. Rather as a reminder of how far you’ve strayed from the reasonable and, to many, (pronounced scott / roger lol) it, more often than not, is².

The key to using the Wakefield Doctrine as a means to better appreciate how the other person is experiencing the world lies in learning the three types thoroughly enough to become fluent in the language native (to their) personal realities.

The first most difficult task? Remembering to…

Hey! Do not forget! The Wakefield Doctrine is both gender, age and culture neutral.

1) the Everything Rule: everybody does everything, at one time or another

2) Reminder to all, not simply New Readers: to have gotten this far you must have a significant secondary clarklike aspect. This means a predilection towards one of the other two predominant worldviews. For the benefit of Doctrine correspondent in the UK (vis á vis our recent discussion in the Comment section of Friday’s post), this is not to say ‘Being a new, unique combination a 4th predominant worldview’. Instead, let’s employ the analogy of ‘having an ear’ in music/music appreciation. Some of us can hear notes on a level that allows the distinction between adjacent notes. Others do not. And others still, have what is often called perfect pitch. Having a significant secondary aspect, like, say, Friend of the Doctrine, Cynthia is like being able to imitate any singer. She does not become that singer but clearly has an ear.

Speaking of ‘having an ear’ we would be remiss if we did not provided the distinction, (and, to some us, encouragement that the Doctrine is learnable by all), between a natural ear and a trained ear. Friend of the Doctrine Mimi is an example of the former while Phyllis is a good example of the latter.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 23, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weakly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Each week a number of exceptionally skilled and talented bloggers gather here and link in a list (or interpretive rhetoric or any format their individual creative impulses may demand) on the topic of gratitude. Not as simple and/or simplistic as it may sound. After all, ‘gratitude’ is one of the more elusive frames-of-mind available to any of us. And, not for nothin’, way beneficial.

The following is a list of the things that have elicited a state/awareness-of this state of gratitude for us

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Hostinae (and Andrew): Mimi, cai, Misky, Denise, Kristi, Dyanne, Lisa, Knitcat and Andrew they provide that one quality that all successful bloghops must possess, community.

5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) our late-March, early-April weather was interrupted by a couple of days of ‘oh, so this is what a late-May nice day felt like...to our parents‘. lol

7) front meadow update (yes, new addition with the sunflowers see Grat #9 below)

8) something, something

9) oh, yeah… new sunflowers (a lotta pressure on them Helianthus annuus least round in these parts) err the round, yellow things to the left of the sidewalk

10) Secret Rule 1.3 from the Book of Secret Rules aka Secret Book of Rules. specifically, the approaching completion of one’s list of Grats is, in point of fact, a legitimate item for said list.

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2’s Day -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 19, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

To decide what the predominant worldview of another person, start by discarding the ‘no fricken’ way’ of the three.

Too many people, (not you, Faithful Reader!), allow themselves to get caught up in the laundry list of characteristics that they, (incorrectly), believe are the determinants (of ‘personality type).

To which we will remind all, the three personality types:

clark (the Outsider) clarks think
scott (the Predator) scotts act
roger (the Herd Member) rogers feel

Two out of three, how hard can it be to select the correct worldview?

To wit: knowing the character of each of these remaining predominant worldview, look around… through their eyes.

Two distinct world(views) but! (this is the part where your reading comes to the fore) each is different from the other… maybe the number of 1st person pronouns, or 3rd person or ‘Hey!’

Two, like the optometrist’s googles, (‘look at the chart, is this clearer, how about this? now, is this better or worse?’)

To experience the world, (in a fairly shallow degree), means the scene you are comparing is ‘clearer’ through the lens of one predominant worldviews than the other.

To our conclusion:

learn the three relationships, inside and out
if obvious indicators, (of a person’s predominant worldview), is not evident, i.e. the eyes of a scott, the slouch of a clark, the social ease of a rogers then go for a side-by-each approach
they will reveal themselves
and you will immediately know more about them than they know about themselves

2 Pretty simple, isn’t it?