This book is an attempt to provide in one volume a wide variety of ideas of interesting things to do in leisure. Suggestions are offered for home recreation, for clubrooms, for hobbies, for banquets, for sports, for picnics, for outings, for camps, for campfires, for hikes, for indoor and outdoor games, for parties, for music and musical games, for dramatics, and for puppetry. There are stories, stunts, tricks, writing contests, quizzes, nature games, party plans, and suggestions for almost every conceivable kind of recreation. Bouve collection.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.