works of wanderlust

Category: cast iron guy

  • Dozens of Dozens of Sourdough

    I woke up at 6 am this morning to bake bread. It had been proofing overnight in my cast iron loaf pan, dusted with flour and lightly covered with a bit of plastic wrap to keep it from drying out for the twelve hour counter-top rise. It was the one hundredth and fourty-fourth loaf I’d

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  • Gear: Garmin Fenix 3

    I’ve owned and used my current GPS watch for the better part of four years. But before you read this know that the Fenix 3 is far from the latest model of Garmin’s multisport watch. Also know that I’m not a “latest and greatest” kind of guy, usually sticking with the “tried and true” until

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  • Comic: Kicking off Gaige and Crick

    I alluded in a previous post that I was fumbling through the idea of starting another web comic as a kind of spiritual sequel to the comic I stopped drawing about two years ago now. I think it would make a great addition to a daily blog like this and allow me to supplement the

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  • Skoki: Scrambling Down

    High up and nestled in a mountain valley above Lake Louise, Alberta, the Skoki trail is a moderately challenging adventure hike. Sure, you could helicopter in, and sure, you could stay at the lodge (which has hosted celebrities and royals.) Or, you can hike the distance up and over the summit, into the valley and

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  • Griswold Egg Pan (Part One)

    Some more backstory… Just before the pandemic rolled in and I was nursing ideas about how to make effective use of my domain name I struck upon the plan of buying and “restoring” old cast iron pans. My plan was to scour through eBay, adventure through yard sales, and bumble among the aisles of second

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