The Frith: SOME MORNING PICTURES

Sunday, September 21, 2008

SOME MORNING PICTURES

IN THE FEW MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL EACH MORNING, FRITH AND MAMA TRY TO GET A LITTLE TIME IN TOGETHER.

MOSTLY WE SPEND THIS TIME EATING BREAKFAST.

AND HAMMING IT UP..

AND GETTING CAUGHT BY PAPARAZZI.

SATURDAY MORNING WE SPENT AT THE ANCASTER FAIR. ALONG WITH OUR TIME IN THE GREEN PARTY BOOTH, WE VISITED WITH COWS, HORSES, GEESE, ROOSTERS, CHICKENS, BUNNIES. AND THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHEEP. WE ALSO RODE THE MERRY GO ROUND, THE SPINNING CARS AND THE FLYING ELEPHANTS. WE MAY GO BACK FOR THE TRAIN RIDE TODAY, IF THE WEATHER HOLDS.

2 comments:

David said...: Priceless! She is so beautiful - the paparazzi sure did a good job.; September 21, 2008 10:03 a.m.
The Frith said...: one must be vigilant.. the paparazzi are EVERYWHERE :); September 21, 2008 1:28 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, September 21, 2008

SOME MORNING PICTURES

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