Down the Rabbit Hole

CorkscrewAnnie
5 min readMay 2, 2024

In which the author recounts a journey of imagination triggered by purchasing used books

Two old books (blue) lying on a pale green tablecloth
Used copies of books by A.A. Milne, full of memories and surprises (author’s photo)

The late British author A.A. Milne is perhaps best known for his Winnie the Pooh books — tales of delightful anthropomorphic animals that bring a fantastical world to life in children’s imaginations. Lately, I’ve been taking a different sort of imaginary voyage, thanks to his poetry. (For more on how this occurred, see the story links at…

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CorkscrewAnnie

Recreational writer, collector of antique corkscrews, urban gardener and retired management consultant to social profit organizations. Proudly Canadian.