The future is rushing to meet me, and I know that I will realize only a fraction of what I am and can be. I am beginning to truly absorb the fact of mortality, and I don't like it. There are so many more things I can do; that I want to do. And there is much that I would like to pass on, especially to my children and grandchildren. So I am writing down a few of my memories. But this is not a traditional memoir. It is a collection of essays and stories, thoughts and ideas which, taken together, define a life of transition between two worlds.