Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

The Heartwood

The day after Christmas, I find myself in the woods behind my Calgary home, I’m only a few kilometres away from where Bow River bends like a question mark through Mohkínstsis territory. The chainsaw’s weight settles into my palms — familiar as...