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November 8, 2025 By clarkscottroger 3 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. 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

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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!)

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 13, 2025 By clarkscottroger 9 Comments

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

So who was it who mentioned photos and such…oh yeah. it was cai

It’ll be interesting to read the Doctrine’s dissertation of choice of photos.

A fun, interesting and quite enlightening subject indeed!

The three predominant worldviews’ thoughts, reactions and feelings* on being photographed:

clarks (the Outsider) fundamental aversion to being photographed. family group photos? guess who is behind (and not in front of) the camera aka ‘most photophobic’
scotts (the Predator) you know, this might come as a surprise, but scotts are not ‘the most photophilic’ of the three, they are, however, the most photogenic
rogers (the Herd Member) …”no, wait, shift the angle just a little, nearly perfect, adjust the light… that’ll work“

There you go.

The ‘why’ of this is a whole ‘nother post. It involves the practice of identification (with others) and, most critically, the translation of ideas, attitudes, opinions and values from one predominant worldview to another. The heart of the Wakefield Doctrine.

ProTip: Don’t fall for the temptation to try and factor in (relative) position of the three people in the photo at the top of this post. Of course you know that they are the three progenitors, the original clark, scott and roger.

New Readers: you need to be able to identify the predominant worldviews of the three people in the photo at the top. On your own. The ~~clues~~ information is there. Relax! You got this.

* we trust you noted what we did there… thought, action, emotion?**

** New Readers! Core understanding meme for the Wakefield Doctrine ‘clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel.’

1) Thanks to Cynthia for the photo modeling a Wakefield Doctrine tee shirt (in the post thumbnail)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 11, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution/participation in/effort-to-acquire-a-higher-level-appreciation-of-reality (to) the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop, Now approaching it’s 98th Anniversary. Those planning on gifts, that’s the Bismuth year. In any event, here we are at the end of another week. As our Founderess was said to comment, “You don’t have to have an emotional rapprochement with your historical self. Just sit down and start typety-typing! Now, tut-tut-cheerio! best start those Grat Lists”

For the Wakefield Doctrine we offer the following list of people, places and things that have elicited, caused, inspired and otherwise tricked us in being grateful:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) semi-interesting, minor-scale landscaping project tying down the bridge! photo to follow!

6) hypo-grat Time to bring in our no-frills rain gauge. Freezing temperatures this week passed. Glass not strong enough.

7) how quick would that apocryphal brown fox actually be? (Film at #8)

8) Here ya go

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 6, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

gotta get fundamental here… we trust there will be comments that focus our vision so’s that original content appears. But, in the mean time.

…wait, hold on. mean time…mean time

(let us just paste this past post por favor… then back to that ‘jeez!-this-reprint-as-way-to-offset-writers-block-really-works’)

from our friends at etymonline: in part: …”As a noun, properly written as two words but commonly as one, after the adverb. In the mean space “meanwhile” was in use 16c.-18c. Middle English also had therewhile (adv., conj.) “during that time, meantime.”

Therewhile! (Who the hell sent the Memo: ‘We got our designation: ‘meanwhile’. It’s all you need to express a time period in brackets. sorta. Throw out the ‘Therewhile”.

Throw out the ‘therewhiles’ indeed! Such a superior and evocative way to describe an interval in time that you are too damn busy to take note of.

But, that’s not important now.

What is important is a)reinforcing the efficacy of distraction as a tool to overcome writers block and 2)to propose a topic for tomorrow’s post, to wit: How do the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine experience time. We will open the comment box for your input.

New Readers? The three predominant worldviews (sometimes referred to as ‘personality types’ but, if you don’t want to, like, get totally hazed on the campus of Doctrine U, don’t use that term. The term predominant worldview is intended to convey the idea that what others call personality types, we call: You come into rational consciousness (as an infant) and realize the world, the reality, around you is a reflection of you being: the Outsider, all ‘Why do you ask?’ or being assigned the life of the Predator ‘Sic em!’ or, with a gentle set of repetitions, you realize ‘You accept that you belong and as a Herd Member it is your right and duty to practice, preach and point out the blue monkeys in your world.’

damn! There’s your syllabus now read and comment!

M. -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘sure, we all would like a hint how to use this Doctrine on the first day of the w. week’

January 5, 2015

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

Given that all you Readers are sitting in one of three worldviews as you read today’s Post, it’s only right that I make it clear which worldview I am talking about when I present a hint, isn’t it?

Well, actually no. It’s only right in the context of one of you. But that’s not important right now. Right at this moment, most of you Readers are at the start of your Monday, so on with the Doctrine hints:

clarks will be the ones most likely to get up early, followed by rogers and, (yeah, maybe a little surprising)…scotts are the last to rise and shine

clarks will be remarkably (and suspiciously) optimistic and talkative

rogers will not

scotts (who are still in bed) will begin to see that getting the other person back into bed is the best approach for everyone involved ( by ‘everyone’ we mean, of course, the scott)

clarks will look forward to the day the way that a person with a horrible toothache will look forward to going to the dentist

rogers will look forward to their day…in detail with no need to share or express their concerns for the upcoming day

scotts will still be in bed

clarks sometimes feel anxiety about ‘the start of the day’ not necessarily the events that they anticipate happening, but rather, the point at which forward momentum begins

rogers will become more animated and energetic, but unless the other person is also in the same line of work, this brightening view of the coming day will remain inside their heads

scotts will (finally) get going… the least amount of preparation for the day of the three (consistent with their roles in the work day)

clarks and breakfast? what, are you insane?!?!

rogers and breakfast? well, we always have (fill in the blank precisely, please)

scotts and breakfast? yeah sure… come on! lets get going!!

That accounts for ‘our’ morning. I have every intention of returning to this here Post here at noon today and provide us with a look at the tipping point of the first day of the work week. Unless you have a coment.