Thanks to having a wife and daughter who love Winnie the Pooh as much as I do, I have a lot of Pooh books in my house. One series we have is called "Read with Pooh . . . All Year Through," and that title makes me curious to see how far I can get into 2022 reading one Pooh book a day. I've been thinking about doing this project for a while, but it seems especially appropriate as A. A. Milne's first Pooh book enters public domain this year.

Happy New Year! Pooh's tight new earmuffs keep him from hearing anything clearly, which is particularly helpful as he pushes into Rabbit's house at the crack of dawn on New Year's Day and helps himself to all the honey he can find while Rabbit uselessly suggests resolutions about being more considerate of others. It's Pooh at his gluttonous and oblivious worst . . . which is also his best. ( )