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by bardo 🍁
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…

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2022-12-03
life and stuff

Objectively Looped In

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. Working from home a few days a week, I almost write. Except that’s not really true. What made your job interesting in 2022? I’ve…

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2022-05-30
deeper thoughts

Monday Zen: Simplification & Leaving Spaces

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? I opened up my email inbox this morning to a corporate reminder that I had excess vacation to use up. Somewhere in…

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2022-03-08
career change

ch-ch-ch-changes.

It’s been nearly a month since I’ve dropped a post here, I realize, but with the world swirling in chaos and my life sometimes feeling like a lot of the same, I now find myself needing to write yet another explanation post. I’ve been thinking a lot about my professional…

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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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