Everything within this book is true. This book is about my fact-based projects. From early childhood, I wrote about the world, nature and science. Once upon a time, I wanted to write about everything. A few times, my projects floundered. But they wouldn’t stop. Before long, I’d be writing about something else, reading a deluge of fascinating facts about the Earth. I did quizzes about flowers, space, airmasses and extremes. Before long, I’d set myself up a little weather station, for the sky would become my biggest passion. In fact, I was running away from something horrible. Without my realisation, every page of my projects was shining a light into a murky corner of my head. This book looks at sixteen projects, from the human being to wildflowers. Touched upon is my children’s stories, artwork, novels, and poems. I kept a detailed diary, which has been used as part of my research. Something is fuelling my projects. At the age of fifty-one, this fuel would reveal itself. This book lays bare my findings.