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by bardo 🍁
2021-12-11
life and stuff

Happy Things

Compared to this time last year are you happier or sadder? the scent of freshly baked breadcrisp autumn leaves cracking underfootcuddles from an energetic doggrilled meat over an open firefresh snowflakes reflected in my run lightchurning my own ice creama freshly seasoned cast iron pansaturn aglow in the evening skyvaccinationsbeers…

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2021-10-07
deeper thoughts

Into the Woods and Fog

I’ve been tangled up in a philosophical kinda-sorta feedback loop inside my own head. See, nearly two weeks before sitting down to write this post I ran a half marathon through the local wilderness. Anyone who carefully read that post may recall that I briefly alluded to a conversation I’d…

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2021-01-30
deeper thoughts

Apricity

One of my favourite winter words is apricity. a-PRIS-uh-tee Simply, it means the warmth of the sun in the winter. It is a poetic word, in a way. The word apricity has an ineffable quality in that it is difficult to articulate what it means to someone who has never…

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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.

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