Author MacLeod shares his engaging memories of a vast array of adventures, aspirations, and philosophies, drawing on years spent in various professions and locations, as well as personal encounters. As a teen, he spent much of his time in the Canadian wilderness, hunting, fishing, and playing cow manure games with his friends. During and after secondary school, he worked in forestry, logging, and tree planting. His career began with employment by Scotiabank in seven communities, often requiring him to carry a gun. He was drawn into bold forays and notable encounters with criminals.

His saga opens when, working as an accountant at a Vancouver bank, he tracked down a robber, chasing him through the city streets until, at last, police arrived. MacLeod admits that the chase may not have been a wise decision, but sometimes one must rely on "instinct, not intelligence." A fourth-generation Canadian of Scottish heritage and the son of a minister, the author inherited a zeal for reading, travel, and change, resulting in sojourns in eighteen communities and twenty-four residences, once occupying an isolated log cabin while handling forestry radio communications. He would later work as a lawyer specializing in real estate, amply supporting his wife and children.

At age forty-five, the author was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Despite being confined to a wheelchair, he has sustained his zest for live theater and sports events, remaining in the public eye with voluntary leadership of community groups, sustaining his conviction that "life is a marathon, not a sprint. MacLeod's exhilarating journey incorporates home-based, family-inclusive, spiritually inspired memories and factual, even statistical underpinnings. In describing his fulfillment of a wide range of ambitions, peppered with sage observations and high humor, he demonstrates his innate power to enhearten and encourage readers across a wide spectrum.

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