It only takes a few questions from a child to make you realise the extent of your ignorance about the workings of the universe. Even if you’ve prepared yourself with an answer to that old chestnut “why is the sky blue?” your bluster won’t survive follow-up questions such as “what is light made of?” or "why do you have two eyes if you only see one thing?”
Many intelligent, searching childhood questions will remain forever unanswerable of course. But so do many adult questions and it so happens that I’m wrestling with a big adult-sized question right now.
It’s a question which weighs more heavily on my mind in the winter. In the summer, the pot-holed driveway I share with 12 neighbours is reasonably navigable. Driving on it raises a bit of dust, and some slaloming skills are needed to avoid the deepest holes. However, it can be done without water-wings and a four-wheel drive.
In winter things get a whole lot worse.
Many intelligent, searching childhood questions will remain forever unanswerable of course. But so do many adult questions and it so happens that I’m wrestling with a big adult-sized question right now.
It’s a question which weighs more heavily on my mind in the winter. In the summer, the pot-holed driveway I share with 12 neighbours is reasonably navigable. Driving on it raises a bit of dust, and some slaloming skills are needed to avoid the deepest holes. However, it can be done without water-wings and a four-wheel drive.
In winter things get a whole lot worse.
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