This is a collection of 19 short stories on being human. The main characters are, depending on your point of view, foolish, sad, crazy - or heroic. But all are quietly engaged in the difficult process of being alive and finding their way through life. The stories span from the 1950s into the near future and reflect the nature of the times. None are 'true' - although, like many short stories, they based on memory fragments from the author's past.