The Frith: ASSORTED MINTS

Sunday, July 20, 2008

ASSORTED MINTS

THE RARE AND BEAUTIFUL FRITHA FLOWER, EATING BREAKFAST IN THE EARLY MORNING SUNSHINE

SHUCKING MORE FARM-FRESH PEAS WITH GRANDMA PAT.

FRITH HAS TAKEN TO WEARING MAMA'S SHIRTS AND DRESSES AS NIGHTGOWNS. HOW COULD I POSSIBLY SAY NO?

WE WENT TO THE BEACH FOR THE ANNUAL (OKAY BI-ANNUAL) COMPANY PICNIC.

IT RAINED. QUITE HARD IN FACT. FRITH WAS A TROOPER, BUT EVENTUALLY EVEN HER SPIRITS WERE A LITTLE DAMPENED.

BUT WARMING UP ON THE COUCH AFTERWARDS WITH SOME OATMEAL SEEMED TO DO THE TRICK.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: these are ALL great, but the frith flower is my new desktop!! :); July 21, 2008 7:48 p.m.
Anonymous said...: i actually have four more fritha flowers.. it was VERY hard to pick just one. i'll email them to you.; July 21, 2008 8:14 p.m.
Jennie said...: I love them all! The Fritha Supermodel (in the red dress) is a close second behind the Frith Flower.
The Frith Godfather is currently my desktop at work.; July 22, 2008 7:50 p.m.

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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 20, 2008

ASSORTED MINTS

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