Men with Chainsaws

When the trails overflow with pricker bushes and fallen trees, the hunt organizes trail clearing days. Before heading out with our modest loppers, Daddy reminds us to “never trust a man with a chainsaw.” And so, as we wander the hunting country eating wild raspberries, we keep our distance from the power tool bearing men, the suburban fathers, lawyers, and undertakers, who happily grasp at this opportunity to prove their manliness. There are, of course, the plumbers and firefighters who have proved themselves qualified, but because we know Coors Lite and chainsaws shouldn’t mix, we stay away from them, too.