Wilbert Heinz's collected memoirs take you from McDonough, New York in the 1920s to California's Bass Lake and Trinity County. Included are accounts of his grandfather Harrington's soldiering in the Civil War and Heinz's service in Papua New Guinea in WWII. Heinz's autobiography ranges from the values of a waterpowered grist mill to adventures in plain carpentry, finding love in middle age, and the companionship of his loyal dog Nola.