The Frith: ROOF AND ROOFING-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Sunday, July 02, 2006

ROOF AND ROOFING-RELATED ACTIVITIES

COUSIN JEREMY CAME TO VISIT THIS WEEKEND TO HELP REPLACE THE ROOF OF THIS LEAKY LITTLE HOUSE. MAMA HELPED OUT A LITTLE THE FIRST DAY (AND GOT QUITE SUNBURNED). BUT EVERYONE ELSE WAS UP AND DOWN THAT LADDER ALL WEEKEND. AND JEREMY'S HAMMER WAS A COMPLETE BLUR, IT MOVED SO FAST.

FRITH SPENT MOST OF THE WEEKEND AT OMI'S BECAUSE OF THE VERY LOUD BANGING NOISES COMING THROUGH THE CEILING DIRECTLY INTO HER BEDROOM - HERE SHE IS HANGING OUT WITH JEREMY AND RENEE'S SON, JR.. AND SOME CHEEZITS.

ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF THE FRITH'S SIPPY CUP SKILLS. THIS WEEKEND FRITH ALSO DEMONSTRATED HER AMAZING NEW ABILITY TO PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER - THIS ONE WILL WALK BEFORE SHE CRAWLS! UNFORTUNATELY THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS SO EXCITING, MAMA KEEPS FORGETTING TO TAKE A PHOTO OF IT - YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO TRUST HER.

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DERIVING FROM THE ANCIENT WORD "PRIYAS" MEANING "ONE'S OWN", FRITH'S ORIGINAL MEANING WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE "THE PEACE ENJOYED WHILE AMONG ONE'S OWN FAMILY OR TRIBE" .. FRITH IS OFTEN TRANSLATED SIMPLY AS "PEACE".

THE FULL MEANING OF FRITH ENCOMPASSES PEACE BUT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND IT, TO COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE. THE TERM FRITH CAPTURED A HUGE PROPORTION OF EVERYTHING GOOD THAT COULD EXIST IN LIFE, AND ALL OF THESE GREW OUT OF THE ROOTS OF THE KINDRED ITSELF -- THE KINDRED RELATIONSHIP.

ANCIENT VIKINGS WOULD INVOKE AN AGREEMENT AMONG ALL PRESENT THAT ARGUMENTS AND DISAGREEMENTS ARE LEFT 'OUTSIDE' THE DOOR DURING CELEBRATION : A 'PROMISE' TO KEEP FRITH. ANYBODY WHO DID NOT RESPECT THIS WOULD HAVE LOST FACE AND ALSO HONOUR. IN THE OLDEN DAYS ONE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ALL WEAPONS OUTSIDE, TO ENSURE THAT DISCUSSIONS DIDN'T END IN BLOODSHED. SO FRITH IS AN AGREEMENT AMONG SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO RESPECT EACH OTHER TO KEEP 'PEACE'.

FRITH DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET ALONG; IT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD ALL STAND, AND ACT, FOR SOMETHING REAL AND MEANINGFUL, AND THAT THOSE OF US WHO FIND OURSELVES STANDING FOR ENOUGH OF THE SAME IMPORTANT THINGS SHOULD STAND TOGETHER, IN LIFELONG COMMITMENTS WITHOUT CONSTANTLY WEIGHING THE BENEFITS AGAINST THE COSTS.

IN ESSENCE, FRITH IS NOT AN ABSENCE, BUT A PRESENCE. IT IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE; RATHER IT FILLS THE SPACES BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING THAT IS STRONGER AND MORE IMPORTANT, MORE MEANINGFUL, THAN STRIFE.

FRITH IS AN ACTIVE, DELIBERATE, MINDFUL PEACE.

The Frith

Sunday, July 02, 2006

ROOF AND ROOFING-RELATED ACTIVITIES

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