ROBERT ROSS WAS BORN IN THE EARLY 20S IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE COW HOLLOW DISTRICT WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE MARINA DISTRICT HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS WITH HIS GOD PARENTS WHO RESIDED AT A NOTORIOUS GAMBLING HALL DURING THE PROHIBITION YEARS. AFTER SPENDING A YEAR IN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP HE JOINED THE MERCHANT MARINES AND SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AT THE END OF THE WAR HE MET AND MARRIED A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN TWO GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS. HE AND HIS WIFE MARCELLA SPENT FIFTY FIVE YEARS OF WEDDED BLISS UNTIL HER PASSING ON JULY 24TH 2000. HE BEGAN WRITING AFTER HER PASSING TO PASS AWAY THE LONELY HOURS. HE WROTE THREE OTHER BOOKS, HIS AUTOBIO A WESTERN AND A DRAMA THIS BOOK IS HIS REFLEXIONS ON HIS PAST LIFE AND TIMES. THERE HAS BEEN MANY CHANGES SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD WHICH HE REMENISCES ABOUT IN THIS BOOK.THIS IS HIS PERSONAL THOUGHTS OF HOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER OR THE WORSE.