On April 14, 2025 I opened up a blank page and started writing here again.

This used to be a pretty substantial blog. Now, I am kind of resetting?

I don’t know what this will be yet, but I have this writing itch that needs to be scratched, a yearning that can’t be sated with social media, so I expect I will find an excuse to put words here sooner than later.

My only real promise about what I’ll post is that (after some initial explanation posts) I’m giving myself a limit of one navel-gazing blogging-about-blogging post per calendar month.

Stay tuned.

archives

Everything prior to 2025 was written as part of a different blog called the “Cast Iron Guy” which I detailed 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 wrote regularly from here in the Canadian Prairies about things that interest me, including the artistic inspiration I get outdoors, travel, gear, growing, buying and cooking great food, fire-craft, suburban and nature trails, running, and (of course even occasionally) the clever and many curious ways I found to use my many pieces of cast iron cookware.

ads

Surprisingly, websites are getting more expensive to host and running a few ads on the bottom helps pay a good chunk of the cost. I have always been reluctant to put ads up on my sites, but that’s really about all I will do. You will see a few click ads on this site, but like anything, they help pay my bills.

To date there has been no sponsored content at all on this blog. Products are purchased by me and I have never once endorsed anything for money or freebies.

comments

I’ll be honest. In twenty-plus years of blogging I’ve never really had much success with commenting.

Either a few random people write “good post” or the place just gets cluttered up with spam and other random gibberish. In fact, I struggle to think of a single instance of a post I’ve written that has generated more than a single interaction of valuable conversation.

These days I tend to think this is probably a good use for social media.

So if you want to respond to something, ping me on Bluesky or wherever I happen to be hanging out. And for the time being, comments here are deactivated.