Tuliliemen tuttavana: Alkoholimuistelmia

A weather‑warmed California afternoon finds the narrator riding back from a precinct after a few too many glasses, his thoughts drifting between the clatter of the poll and the flicker of a fire‑spirit inside his mind. He chats with his friend Charmian about the strange paradox of supporting women’s suffrage while grappling with his own restless habit, letting the conversation slip into vivid images of “Tuliliemi” – the blazing liquor that both illuminates and obscures truth. The opening sets a tone of gritty humour and raw self‑examination, as the narrator balances the external bustle of a frontier town with the internal roar of an ever‑present drink.

From wandering ranches to the winding valleys of the West, the narrator recounts a series of early encounters with alcohol that shape his outlook on work, love, and survival. The stories unfold like a scrapbook of restless nights and fleeting epiphanies, offering a candid glimpse into a life lived on the edge of intoxication and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world.