Beneath the Lodgepole Sky

Some things shape us. Others we carry. For as long as he can remember, the narrator of “Beneath the Lodgepole Sky” has felt caught between who he is and who he wants to be. He’s spent years trying to rise above the weight of his past – self-doubt, restlessness, a tendency to look for escape routes – only to realize that some parts of us are written in ink, not pencil. Through childhood memories, family stories, and the quiet weight of loss, he searches for answers in the things that shaped him: his father’s steady hand, his mother’s resilience, the old photos on the walls, and the towering lodgepole pine in his backyard. As he prepares to become a father himself, he wonders what will he pass down – and what can he leave behind. Told with warmth, humour, and unflinching honesty, “Beneath the Lodgepole Sky” is a meditation on family, memory, and the lifelong process of becoming who were meant to be.