Nolan’s movie “The Odyssey” shows us what happens when this principle is forgotten. When wonder is twisted into fear, and welcome degenerates into hostility, the cost is civilization. The cost is everything.
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Finding Lucy
This year is about returning to WONDER. Among the several movies the Hubs and I watched during Christmastide was the…
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The Thunderclap Series #6: Steinbeck
Since this Thunderclap series is in no particular order, the jump from Hiccup & Toothless to John Steinbeck shouldn’t be…
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The Thunderclap Series #1: Narnia
“But it is a real book: i.e. it’s not a book at all, but like a thunderclap.” I recently came…
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The New Book; or, It Begins
Well, I finished a VERY rough draft of the first chapter of my new book this week. It’s more exciting…
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New Year “Adventures” and a Strange Gift
I don’t know how things are at your house, but in the Nelson homestead, 2019 has begun with a whimper…
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Elves, Effort, and T. S. Eliot
If you’ve read even a small portion of this blog, you know that I am rather fond of J. R.…
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A Story of Wonder
A friend of mine is doing a research project on wonder and curiosity. He asked several people, including yours truly,…
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Unicorns: Where Tom Cruise Meets J. K. Rowling
Writing the tale of the Unicorn was, as they say, a horse of a different color. As I described in…
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Centaurs: NOT Just Party Ponies
Centaurs are seriously misunderstood creatures. Not universally, of course. C. S. Lewis understood them, as he did a great many…
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