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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A “Read-y” Respite
As you know, faithful reader, the blog series “How I Became R. A. Nelson” reached its conclusion last week in…
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