Table of contents : Out of her loins -- The tentative finger -- Living life as we find it -- Celebrities and sorptomists -- Hasty packing and unpacking -- Hamilton after fifty-three years -- A busy winter in Owen Sound -- A familiar concession road -- An unfamiliar concession road -- From incidentals to a city in the doldrums -- Elliot Lake of 1958 -- Opposite points of the compass -- Social contacts in Elliot Lake -- Let's begin at the beginning -- The Closing year of 1958 -- Winter storms, high winds and flurries -- Cruickshank -- Stobbe Quarries, Shallow Lake and Sauble Beach -- The Wonder of the Passing Day -- A Bit of Church History -- Revival of anticipation in reminiscences -- Porcupine Golden Anniversary -- Another Decade dies -- Summary : personal thoughts and history of the Porcupine area, politics of the day, social life, schools and education in the area (she is a retired teacher.