Fight like a Donnelly!

Dear Reader, This tale cuts deep and close to the bone. A down and out adoptee, great father but lousy provider, victim of the man-cession, miserable failure in his eyes, packs up all his belongings and heads to a remote cabin. Enjoy, M. — “Noon, My arrival at Stop Log could have been pulled straight…

Jack London on drinking & suicide

“And I knew fear. I was sober now, and I didn’t want to die. I discovered scores of reasons for living” – John Barleycorn, Chapter 12, Jack London. ” … [the] maniacal trick John Barleycorn played me is nothing uncommon. An absolute statistic of the per centage of suicides due to John Barleycorn would be appalling….