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by bardo 🍁
2022-02-11
deeper thoughts

One Million

Call it civic pride or call it mathematical curiosity, either way the latest census data for Canada was released this week and my city officially recorded one million residents for the first time in history. One million. That’s a lot of neighbours, most of whom I’ll probably never ever meet.…

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2021-10-10
running guy

Boston Pi (Virtual)

Most everyone I know in the running community knows that in addition to Canadian thanksgiving, this weekend is also the Virtual Boston Marathon. At least five people I know signed up for the race, which thanks to the pandemic was a once in a lifetime opportunity to run through your…

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2021-09-22
poetry & prose

Equinox

four hundred and sixtymeters per secondtracking a prograde elliptical orbitan average of nearlyone hundred and fifty million kilometersaround a nuclear fireballimmenseseven hundred thousand kilometers widea wet ball of rockbarely sixty three hundred kilometers thickaskew on her axistwenty-three degreestouches a mathematical momentbriefly marking the progress throughcold space againstever-shifting durations of light…

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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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