Monthly Archives: September 2009

Phillip Pullman and The Golden Compass

I just finished the children’s series by Phillip Pullman, “The Golden Compass.” There are a lot of subtle and not so subtle remarks on Christianity in his books, but what I feel he hits dead on is the relationship between adulthood and childhood. Pullman acknowledges that such a great leap is made from innocence to [...]

Never Alone

I can’t remember learning how to ride a bike. Not fully at least. I think it all started with my brother being able to do a ba-million more things on his two wheeler than I could do on my 4. I can’t remember if it took me a while of falling and getting back up [...]