Tuesday, March 29, 2011  Frog Rock - Whidbey Island, Washington
Saturday, March 26, 2011  Review: At Home, by Bill Bryson  I
should begin by saying that I adore Bill Bryson's books, all of
which I have read, and most of which I have read several times.
I love the gentle humor he sees in nearly everything (A Walk in
the Woods, chronicling a hike along the Appalachian Trail with a
Little-Debbie-snack-cake-eating friend), the way he demystifies
even  the most complex subject (A Short History of Nearly
Everything, covering the history of scientific achievement from
the Big Bang through evolution and beyond), and his appreciation
for the little quirks and eccentricities that permeate every
aspect of our lives (Mother Tongue, on the origins of the
English language). Trivia abounds everywhere in many of his
books, and with each successive reading, I discover new things
that I had not noticed at first glance, or I make new
connections between those facts.  In short, Bill Bryson writes
those wonderful books that you