The Frith: April 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

ASSORTED VIDEO MINTS

EATING SEAWEED AND TOMATO SOUP, A FAVOURITE LUNCH SELECTION.

THE "UP DANCE" - FRITH KEEPS TRYING TO TEACH IT TO MAMA, TO NO AVAIL. MAMA IS NOT A BORN DANCER, BY ANY STRETCH.

SCATTING UP A STORM

WINDING UP THE ECO-FRIENDLY WIND-UP FLASHLIGHT

FRITH INVENTED A GAME CALLED "SUPERHERO" .. MAMA PLAYS THE SUPERHERO AND FRITH PLAYS THE LITTLE GIRL. WE ARE PARTNERS IN CRIME (WHICH MOSTLY INVOLVES RESCUING KITTENS AND DRESSING UP STUFFED ANIMALS AND EATING LUNCH). WE PLAY SUPERHERO A LOT. BIG FAVOURITE.

WE PICKED UP THE MOST AWESOME MELISSA AND DOUG ALPHABET PUZZLE WHICH FRITH DOES ALL THE TIME. INSIDE, OUTSIDE, ANYWHERE. IT'S TOTALLY FUN AND ALSO HELPS US LEARN THE ALPHABET. (word to the wise.. we LOVE LOVE LOVE melissa and doug toys)

THE PUZZLE, JUST COMPLETED, THIS TIME INDOORS

Friday, April 24, 2009

REDDISH

frith quote of the day : "MAMA! MY POOP WAS LIGHTER COLOURED THIS MORNING. KIND OF REDDISH."

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

AND MANY MORE

FRITH SINGING, IN VIKING BOOTS.

FRITH, PLAYING WITH THE 'GATORS AND DINOSAURS IN THE BATHTUB

FRITH SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MAMA, AFTER MAKING HER A CAKE OUT OF UNCOOKED BROWN RICE. TODAY MAMA TURNED FOUR. NOT FORTY. FOUR.

VIKINGS, BIRTHDAYS AND WHALES

FRITH WEARING MAMA'S VIKING BOOTS (HIKING BOOTS, BUT FRITH HAS ALWAYS CALLED THEM VIKING BOOTS, SO VIKING BOOTS THEY SHALL BE)

MAMA AND FRITHA'S KITCHEN BEFORE

AND AFTER

SHABBAT DINNER COMBINED WITH OMI'S 70TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

A PICTURE FOR MAMA, OF MAMA, BY FRITH

A PICTURE OF A WHALE WITH EGGS FOR EYES BY MAMA FOR FRITH, UPON REQUEST.

FRITH WEARING A WITCH HAT AND PLAYING ELECTRIC GUITAR. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CAN'T THINK OF A CLEVER THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE. THOUGHTS, ANYONE?

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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.