[UA] Re: Cloudbusting and an archetype

[Greg Stolze]

>"James O'Rance" <jorance at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Although I'm not sure about this, I've come to the idea that there could be
>> a Wonderful Grownup archetype. This is the adult that children love to know,
>> as a secret ally against the dull adults of the world. The Wonderful Adult
>> might believe in magic, or he might know lots of weird and interesting
>> things about science, or he might have a million exciting stories. He knows
>> that having fun is more important than being Proper or Serious. This is an
>> adult who still has a sense of wonder, who understands children, perhaps is
>> a bit of a child still.

Mac McRoberts -- my neighbor two doors down when I was growing up.  He had
a model steam engine that was all red painted iron and gleaming steel
pistons.  I have no idea how young I must have been, but that was the most
amazing thing I'd ever seen.  He also told me there were goblins living
under Eleanor's lawn.

-G.

If the reinstatement of capital punishment was clearly doing nothing to
reduce the number of murders in those states permitting it, it certainly
appeared to be cutting down on the number of confessions.
        -Dr. Douglas Ubelaker

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