In her nonfiction debut, Tahoe Mountain News columnist Tomer regales readers with stories of her experiences in the wild Tahoe region, where she moved 50 years ago. In the pages that follow, she episodically recounts a string of stories ranging from the tense to the heartfelt, with a vein of humorous thankfulness running through all of it: "If we pause to think, which I seldom do," she writes, "gratitude helps us cope with the stresses of life," and this tone informs every anecdote she shares. She tells all with an easy storyteller's grace and perfect pitch, gently ushering the reader from one wistfully amusing scene to another. The humor has a great sense of timing, as when she writes that she and Hubby usually celebrate their wedding anniversaries by sitting on the deck, gazing lovingly into the foam of their microbrews, and asking, "What the hell were we thinking?". Ultimately, it's Tomer's enthusiasm for life that's the most touching part of the book: "It's easy to forget you're sixty-six when you're feeling six," she writes, and her readers may feel young again, as well. An upbeat and funny series of reminiscences about Tahoe living.