We’re Back! Before Outlook, this is where it all began.

Every year, around this time, we at Ketchup On Pancakes sit down by the fireside for a talk on the interesting year we’ve just experienced and the one still to come and 2020 was no exception; far from it.

So we may not be recording as many episodes here as we once did, but even though we’re focusing our attention on Outlook and our advocacy on that show most of the year, this podcast still means a lot; it’s where we started our podcast work and the idea for a show about advocacy and blindness came out of this show which is more personal and focusing on family, humour, and creativity, a place where we can discuss any number of things unrelated to disability.

On this year-end-review, we start with the creativity with a visit to downtown London, Ontario just before Christmas where Brian and his bandmates (all COVID-19 precautions seen to) played a bunch of holiday favourites. That leads us right into the crackling fire and we talk about what’s changed (one Christmas to the next), about the pandemic that we did not anticipate interfering with ongoing podcasting projects, and where we are with our music and our writing.

We feature the recent holiday themed song (Lighting Up a Dark Season) we wrote and recorded about a terrible accident five years ago and we share a bunch of Christmas memories (along with our cassette clip of the week as proof) of the pancakes with Ketchup breakfast that’s the inspiration behind the name of this podcast. Some family members have taken on the pancake making technique passed down to us from our father’s mother (Oma) and are carrying that tradition into the future.

So check out our By The Fireside episode for 2020 and we will see what we have to say by next year. See you by the fireside.

(Note: we also say goodbye to two beloved pets that passed away in 2020. Rip Dobby and Lumos.)

You can hear the holiday-themed song Brian produced and Kerry wrote lyrics for here:

http://soundcloud.com/skipatrolmusic/ski-patrol-lighting-up-a-dark-season

And Brian's band's debut EP can be found here:

https://rikermusic.bandcamp.com