When you get to a certain age, you do a lot of thinking, maybe too much, but definitely a lot. The other thing you do a lot of is forgetting so at the end of the day you are not sure whether your last thought is a new thought or reincarnation of the one you had earlier that day. A few years ago, after an active life, the author started to slow down a bit physically but the mind was still sharp and active, so as well as the daily newspaper puzzles that he completed every morning, he started picking up a pen and notebook and writing his thoughts down. This book is a compilation of these thoughts and opinions that have gradually