2023-10-29 17:03
The Cast Iron Guy was my pandemic project. I needed an optimistic moment in every day, something thru with to look out onto a crazy world and find something solid and reliable. If you’… Read More
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A journal of uncomplicated things, life lived, and a mindset that reflects the philosophical practicality of well-seasoned cast iron frying pan: enduring, simple, down-to-earth & extremely useful.
2023-05-20 14:25
We’ve been routinely waking up to the smell of campfire, and not in a good way. Last year I had this idea of creating a video series to accompany this site, and I actually produced a c… Read More
2023-05-20 01:57
I take a few months off blogging and, woops! There goes all the news and activities piling up. I upended my vegetable garden. Well, not literally, I guess. When we moved into the house I was… Read More
2023-03-22 14:57
I've been writing quite a bit in my #daily thread this past month and a half about my #sourdough and it felt like a good day to combine, mix, fold and proof those words into a proper post. S… Read More
2023-03-13 23:11
…and my daughter had the day off from school, she baked. Tomorrow is Pi Day. March 14th. 3-14, if you write it out the proper way to look like the first three digits of the mathematic… Read More
2023-02-27 16:38
I don’t want to say I’ve been saving up for this post, but after two years and two months of keeping a so-called “daily” blog, this — what you’re reading… Read More
2023-02-21 01:45
t’s a long weekend in Canada and so with neither work nor school for anyone on Monday we skipped off to the mountains for some nordic-style fun in the alpine climate. We travel out the… Read More
2023-01-31 15:03
Since my modest and cautious update on my knee injury a couple weeks ago, I’ve actually been making some measurable progress in both healing and beginning my re-training. Then a few da… Read More
2023-01-13 16:22
I ran last night. Not much. But I ran. Outside. On a trail. And I can still walk this morning. If running three klicks through on a random Thursday evening in January sounds less than impres… Read More
2023-01-12 16:55
I'm on my second novel of the project and so far I'm two for two on some very misogynistic protagonist characters and a solid one hundred percent for some cringe-worthy bits of colonial-bent… Read More
2023-01-12 03:10
I drove to work this morning and where usually the sparkling towers of #yeg downtown greet me from across the valley, glass and concrete pillars of light twinkling through the morning twilig… Read More
2023-01-10 21:08
Having ditched the pod machines and spent a solid year tuning and enjoying my pour over game, Santa was kind enough to bring me a moka pot for Christmas this year.The post Moka Express appea… Read More
2023-01-09 16:24
Using up leftovers, scrounging bits of vegetables from the refrigerator, gauging spices, and adding bits that make texture and flavours and spicyness to what you and your culinary audience l… Read More
2023-01-09 03:23
A sunny Sunday afternoon in January was the perfect day to go check out a few kilometers of trails through a local green (winter white) space in the Edmonton suburbs.The post Suburban Ski Da… Read More
2023-01-08 02:21
This may seem a bit silly, but I started editing together little one minute videos of my dog and posting them on Youtube. We go for a long walk, explore some trails, capture some 4k footage… Read More
2023-01-07 01:33
It only makes sense that a guy who cooks on cast iron, spends time in the outdoors and enjoys cooking clean, simple food would also be into vintage books, right? I decided that I want to rea… Read More
2023-01-05 16:32
To be clear, everything that follows is NOT about either an inflated feeling of entitlement or a misperception of my rights. Public parks are public places for everyone to enjoy. But. But im… Read More
2023-01-05 04:47
As my 101 year old grandmother transitions between living situations, she found herself giving away some of her most carefully curated possessions. At some point in the last forty-six years… Read More
2023-01-04 03:36
Someone gave us a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas. Gifting jigsaw puzzles can be tricky. They vary in difficulty. Not everyone is into spending hours fiddling with a game like that. And th… Read More
2023-01-02 17:37
hOr / frawst – (noun) From the old English, hoar frost evokes the hairy, beard-like frost that grows upon trees and other outdoor objects when the combination of temperature and humidi… Read More
2023-01-02 02:57
New Years Day and it’s officially 2023. We host a party every new years with our camping friends. We don’t camp on new years eve, but instead we cook a big meal in our warm house… Read More
2022-12-31 17:43
December 31 of 31 December-ish posts Oh, rich. Coming from the guy who couldn’t manage a daily post in December, huh? Daily? One word that sums up your theme for 2023. Daily… Read More
2022-12-30 15:01
December 30 of 31 December-ish posts For the last couple of days, following a week of bitterly cold temperatures, I took advantage of the milder winter weather and went skiing… Read More
2022-12-27 15:35
December 27 of 31 December-ish posts What do you want the world to look like in the future? The past is behind us. The present is fleeting. The future is what you make it. Wha… Read More
2022-12-27 04:10
December 26 of 31 December-ish posts We were driving home from the last of multiple family christmas gatherings today and, as we sped north down the highway, we passed the gia… Read More
2022-12-17 14:35
December 17 of 31 December-ish posts First, before you read any further and must feel that crushing disappointment of yet another recipe blog that doesn’t seem to put the rec… Read More
2022-12-17 04:36
December 16 of 31 December-ish posts I think it’s fair to say that for anyone who has been online this year, 2022 has revealed itself as another parade of madness in the… Read More
2022-12-07 19:42
December 7 of 31 December-ish posts Following my (un)inflatable winter, when last spring finally rolled around I was able to unpack my inflatable kayak from it’s box, sp… Read More
2022-12-06 16:34
December 6 of 31 December-ish posts I’ve been reading Marcus Aurelius. Specifically, I’ve been reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor circa 161… Read More
2022-12-06 01:26
December 5 of 31 December-ish posts I’m no stranger to crazy sleeping conditions when away from home. I’ve travelled far and wide and slept in a thousand different… Read More
2022-12-04 15:11
December 4 of 31 December-ish posts Some kids dream of running away to join the circus. (Well, at least that’s what they do in movies, right?) Some adults dream of quitting t… Read More
2022-12-03 15:54
December 3 of 31 December-ish posts What’s your favourite subject in school, I ask a kid. Recess, he replies. What’s the best part of your job, I ask myself. Worki… Read More
2022-12-02 16:25
December 2 of 31 December-ish posts
I’ve been dabbling in making pizza as of late.
Except.
Except having just been in New York City and now having a trip to Chi… Read More
2022-12-01 15:19
December 1 of 31 December-ish posts.
Oh, how those billionaires-who-shall-not-be-named would factor into a good political-type post that I’m sure would attract all sorts of readers… Read More
2022-11-30 20:01
Every year I tend to get a bit sentimental and reflective when December rolls around.
As I close in on the end of my second full year of this blog, I’m hoping to channel some of tha… Read More
2022-11-28 17:50
It’s been a couple weeks since we got back from our trip to Manhattan. While my daughter loved Broadway, I really got into the food, in particular hunting down a couple good bagel bake… Read More
2022-11-15 20:44
It’s been nearly a year since we left the country, but after six months of plotting and planning our long awaited return to Manhattan finally rolled into view on the calendar.
W… Read More
2022-11-07 16:23
I was feeling adventurous when I bought a wee bag of local-ish upcycled coffee flour from a local food market.
For what it purported to be, coffee flour turned out to be little more than… Read More
2022-11-06 15:19
I hate blog posts that are just excuses for not writing.
That said, I have been quiet for quite a while.
That deserves at least a little excuse for not writing.
The summer was a… Read More
2022-07-20 14:37
Ten days ago I was climbing up a mountain trail near the Crowsnest Pass, a low peak along the continental divide on a sunny Sunday afternoon, looking at views like this:
I could feel… Read More
2022-06-23 15:13
Each summer for the last few I’ve hosted a small adventure club for a group of my running friends. We call them Adventure Runs, though running occasionally turns out to be only a minor… Read More
2022-06-22 14:36
Climate and other outdoor factors converge and create a landscape where mushrooms rarely thrive. When they do, I’m always fascinated by the fungal structures that peek from the suburb… Read More
2022-06-21 14:54
After nearly nineteen years of marriage, I’d like to think I’ve learned something about not just my own spouse, but about being married in general. One of those lessons is that… Read More
2022-06-21 02:20
In a previous post I mentioned that my vegetable garden has been sprouting through the spring in a particular state of ambiguity.
As all the little seeds I deliberately planted in M… Read More
2022-06-09 14:35
Exactly one week ago, almost to the hour of me writing these words, I finally tested positive for COVID-19. By all accounts and on a severity scale of one to ten (one being no symptoms and t… Read More
2022-06-01 14:13
When I brought home my first deep dish cast iron pan, and then later a Dutch oven, my imagination struggled to know how to make use of these massive cooking tools apart from my intended reci… Read More
2022-05-31 15:24
Ahhhh… outdoor campfire season is upon us once again. I do try to get outside and warm myself by some flickering flames year-round, but from May through October it is always a little… Read More
2022-05-30 16:02
Cultivating a less-complicated life and living the cast iron philosophy shouldn’t need to be an active, busy pursuit towards simplification. How would that even make sense, after all?… Read More
2022-05-29 13:46
Sunday Runday, and I’m moving gingerly around the house this morning in recovery mode after a long, tough race yesterday.
After a two and a half year wait, and two covid-postponment… Read More
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