The Frith: May 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

ASSORTED MINTS

LEARNING TO BIKE IN THE SPRING SUNSHINE

HELPING MAMA PAINT THE DOOR (FRITH DID AN AMAZING JOB.. AND POINTED OUT, AS ALWAYS, THAT ARTISTS GET PAINT ON THEM)

NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.. BUT THOSE BEADS HAVE REMAINED VERY POPULAR SINCE ST PATRICK'S DAY

A PICTURE OF A SHEEP

A PICTURE OF A VERY HAPPY LITTLE GIRL

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

TOES, MEADOWS AND KERMIT

FRITH TIPTOES THROUGH THE TULIPS

AND DANCES THROUGH THE MEADOW

AND AUNTIE JENNIE READS A LA KERMIT

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

ASSORTED MINTS

WORKING WITH THE ALPHABET PUZZLE ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON

WINDING UP THE ECO FLASHLIGHT

ALPHABET PUZZLE : THE INDOOR VERSION

POST-PASTA FACE

DRIED CHICKPEA CUPCAKES

POSING WITH TULIPS

POSING WITH TULIPS : GOOFINESS CRANKED UP A NOTCH

READING WITH AUNTIE JENNIE

PERHAPS THIS STORY WAS A MITE CONFUSING?

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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.