works of wanderlust

Tag: campfire

  • campfire foul

    campfire foul

    What’s something you should have cooked in 2025 but didn’t? It’s fifteen degrees below zero and snowing heavily as I write this so it seems pretty unlikely that in the remaining fourteen days of this year I’ll convince myself to clear a path to my outdoor fire pit and settle in for a campfire cookout

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  • mountain campfire

    Atop a mountain this past summer, backcountry camping for three nights an eight hour hike from civilization, I spent an hour each day keeping up my writing by scribbling narratives of our daily advenutres into my smartphone. This is one of my entries. day four There is something about a campfire that brings people together.

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  • Campfire Club

    Ahhhh… outdoor campfire season is upon us once again. I do try to get outside and warm myself by some flickering flames year-round, but from May through October it is always a little more favourable to casually cooking and gathering around a pit of hot embers. So I did last night. Sadly alone….? Or maybe…advantageously

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  • Friday Fires, Winter Snow Edition

    When I checked out of work for the week at the end of the day today, the sun was still high enough in the sky for it to be considered daylight. It’s been cold for most of the week, that deep, chilling cold that makes it difficult to do much besides curl up on the

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  • Campfire Corn Roast

    Campfire Corn Roast

    My foray in to roasting vegetables over the fire veered into more traditional territory this afternoon after picking up a few ears of fresh corn from the grocery store. Step one was to remove the silk while leaving the husk as intact as possible. This is done by carefully peeling back each fibrous layer one

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