A well known Canadian potter has written a funny, quirky memoir which stretches from before TV to digital cameras. She underscores the funny side of what might have meant disaster in a family with an alcoholic father in the forties and fifties. Her sister fed cat food on crackers to their mother and her piano teacher was locked up for molesting his students. On a visit to The Soviet Union, the trip leader bent all the spoons from the kitchen, Uri Geller style. Also included are amusing trips to Spain, Baffin Island and Costa Rica.