The Frith

Sunday, April 13, 2008

PLAYING WITH LIGHT

FRITH GOT DRESSED UP IN HER SUPERMAN BATHING SUIT AND EASTER BONNET..

AND STARTED HANGING AROUND IN THE WINDOW.

THE LIGHT STREAMING IN MADE FOR SOME INTERESTING PHOTOS. THOUGH I THINK, DUE TO THE OUTFIT, THESE PHOTOS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN INTERESTING ANYWAY.

DRUM THEY TOLD ME

THEO, FRITHA AND OMI PLAYING DRUMS BEFORE BED.

STEEL MAGNOLIA

IN OUR ONGOING BATTLE TO KEEP PLASTICS AND CHEMICALS OUT OF OUR HOUSE..

MAMA AND THE FRITH PICKED UP SOME STAINLESS STEEL ITEMS TO BE USED IN THE BATH.

FRITH JUMPED IN IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED MAKING LUNCH FOR MAMA (BROCCOLI AND CARROTS, I UNDERSTAND)

LUNCH WAS DELICIOUS.

LAZY MORNING

IN WHICH THE FRITH LAYS DOWN SOME POST-MODERN ART ON THE WINDOW, AND THEN ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE CRAYON UP HER NOSE :

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

AUTOSHOP 101

A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON SPENT OUT IN THE BACKYARD WITH FRITH AND FATNESS.

FRITH OBSERVED MAMA VERY CLOSELY DURING THE UMPTEENTH GATE REPAIRS THIS AFTERNOON..

THEN SHE DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE RASPBERRY BUSHES FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.

WHEN MAMA CAME TO INVESTIGATE, FRITH WAS WORKING ON HER CAR.

SHE HAD SUNK A REAL SCREW INTO EVERY SINGLE AVAILABLE HOLE IN THAT CAR, USING MAMA'S REAL SCREWDRIVER. I THINK THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW MAMA CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE HOW PROUD SHE WAS AT THIS MOMENT.

SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE FOR YOU OF THE CAR REPAIRS UNDER WAY. WHEN I ASK FRITH WHAT SHE IS DOING, SHE SAYS "PUTTING SOME SCREWS IN MY CAR" AND THEN "THERE'S NO FLAT TIRES. NO FLAT TIRES AT ALL."

SO THERE.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

AT HOME WITH THE FRITH

FRITH NOW MOSTLY DRESSES HERSELF.

WHICH MAKES FOR SOME SPECTACULAR OUTFITS.

AND FATNESS (THE WORLD'S MOST PATIENT CAT) ..

HAS BEEN KEEPING HER COMPANY WHILE SHE WORKS HER WAY THROUGH A NASTY HEAD COLD.

MOVING FRITH

TWO MORE FRITH VIDEOS.. ON THE COUCH, NURSING A COLD, TORTURING FATNESS.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

MIXED NUTS

MAMA AND THE FRITH TAKING A RARE SELF-PORTRAIT-BY-KAMERAFONE. WE WERE OUT FOR DINNER TOGETHER AT THE WINCHESTER.

FRITH WITH BOTH LEGS STUFFED DOWN ONE ARM OF MAMA'S PARKA. SHE SAID SHE WAS BEING A MERMAID.

WE WENT FOR A WALK TO THE BANK AND THE LIBRARY THIS AFTERNOON. FRITH WORE THREE PAIRS OF PANTS. THE RED "IRISH BEAR" ABSOLUTELY HAD TO COME ALONG FOR THE TRIP.

SPRING FINEST

IN HONOUR OF THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING, FRITH AND FATNESS GOT ALL DOLLED UP AGAIN.

THOUGH I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW INVOLVED FATNESS WAS IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.

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.