Luck played a major role in the life of John Ellis allowing him to survive WWII. Back home with his war-bride Joan, he worked his way up to being put in charge of Western Canada for the Bank of Montreal. He went on to become Head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and first head of the Canada Development Corporation. In these roles, John and his wife travelled over a million miles promoting Canadian business and culture. During retirement, and taking advantage of Google, he penned his observations and thoughts about matters and substances that interested him, many of which are included in this book.