A life doesn't come at you all at once. You experience it in bits and pieces. In this book Jonathan May picks up some of those pieces to examine. His dogs, his cats, his community over time. His younger years growing up in rural Alabama. His years in New York working at Columbia University in the library of the school of journalism and in various government documents operations. His experience immersing himself in New York's theater, ballet, and movies. His favorite restaurant, Fuji, and friends he made there. His mother and his father. He remembers friends and food, follies and fancies. At time it seems he may be making some sense out of it all. Or maybe he just sees better a path that he followed instead of a path that he planned. This present work is a companion piece to his earlier memoir Rants, Raves, Ruminations, and Ramblifications: Musings from a Hamlet.