The Frith: September 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

KAMERA FOUND!

OKAY, EVERYONE RELAX.. THE KAMERA HAS BEEN FOUND AND NEW FOTOS WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY :)

Friday, September 11, 2009

VIDEO BEACH

WHAT FOLLOWS WILL BE SOME QUICK VIDEOS SHOT ON MAMA'S KAMERAFONE WHILE FRITH AND MAMA WERE AT THE BEACH A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. THE MAIN KAMERA SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY, AND SO WE MAY BE OUT OF LUCK FOR HI-RES PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO UNTIL A NEW ONE CAN BE FOUND. TIL THEN.. ENJOY! :

Thursday, September 10, 2009

SKULL!

QUICK VIDEO OF FRITHA WEARING HER SELF-DECORATED SKULL MASK :

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TIMES TWO

WE GOT ALL READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL .. AND THEN DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE A DAY EARLY!

SO THIS MORNING WE DID IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

BELLA THE PENGUIN CAME ALONG FOR THE RIDE TO SCHOOL. ONCE WE ARRIVED, SHE TOOK FRITHA'S PLACE IN THE CAR SEAT.

THEN FRITH TOOK MAMA INSIDE TO SHOW HER AROUND THE NEW SCHOOL.. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! BIG WINDOWS, LOTS OF LIGHT.. AND NEW LOCKER! BEST OF ALL, MARILYN AND LOUISE WERE THERE WAITING, AS IF THEY'D NEVER LEFT.

TWO DAYS AT THE BEACH

FRITH AND MAMA SPENT THE LAST TWO DAYS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH - ONLY A FEW MINUTES' DRIVE FROM OUR HOUSE.

WE BUILT SANDCASTLES..

AND GOT SAND BETWEEN OUR TOES..

AND BURIED OURSELVES.

IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING WAY TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO SUMMER.

Friday, September 04, 2009

MUG

GRANDMA PAT BROUGHT SOME NEW SUNGLASSES FOR FRITH

WHO DECIDED THEY WERE THE PERFECT ACCESSORY FOR HER YELLOW EAR PROTECTORS.

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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.