Delightful collection of essays on everything from the outdoor thermometer to the waxing and waning of a chess passion to what type of walking stick is best-suited for formal events. It doesn't matter what the subject is, Milne is marvelous at holding forth.
I wish that he was a contemporary (and lived in America and wasn't, you know, famous) so that I could have him over for dinner and just listen to him for hours and see if perhaps I could get him to laugh just once at something I had to say -- after all, I owe him thousands of chuckles and smiles since he's responsible for so many of mine.
I like Eeyore and Piglet, sure, but I had no idea that their creator deserved attention for so much more.
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