life and stuff – Cast Iron Guy

2023-05-20

Fire Smoke

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 couple early episodes, where I would have a sit around a campfire — maybe…

2022-12-31

life and stuff

daily

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. Yes. That’s it. It’s New Years Eve. Again. And rolling into 2023 leaving 2022 behind I got to thinking of…

2022-12-27

deeper thoughts, life and stuff

long ago, and far from now

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. What do you think the world will be like 25 years in the future? Every day I get up…

2022-12-26

deeper thoughts, life and stuff

Excuses Me

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 giant outlet mall on the outskirts of the city. Then we passed about five hundred cars driving slowly bumper to bumper in the…

4/39

about

It’s about more than just food.

It’s about a mindset and a perspective on living a full, active and interesting life.

The Cast Iron Guy blog heated up in January 2021 as 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.

I write regularly from here in the Canadian Prairies about things that interest me, including the artistic inspiration I get outdoors, travel, gear, growing and cooking food, fire craft, suburban and nature trails, running, and (of course) the clever and curious ways I find to use my many pieces of cast iron cookware.