Woody, warm, and smoky - this could very well describe our now yearly Ketchup On Pancakes (our pre-?Outlook podcast project) which we now produce around this time of year for our “By The fireside) annual series.

This year it was back to our roots with “family, creativity, and humour” in a sad way as we dedicate our 2023 look-back to our Uncle Mike who we unexpectedly lost in April. Uncle Mike embodied all three of these things all rolled into one man and we discuss his death (a low) along with some of the highs of the year that just was including longtime goals achieved and the question of travel (after our “By The Fireside 2022” episode predictions on whether we’d travel again post pandemic or not.

All this, along with a special find, a related clip with some facts about firewood and Canadian fireplaces to also go along with our themes around this time of year.

As featured on this episode, find “The Jo Firecast: A Yule Log Jamz Watch-Along with Jo Firestone” here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4gHfw_Ag2A

Travel back to 2018 and revisit episode 11 “The Earth Tongue Wiggled (feat. Liam & Crystal of Wildlife Gardening)”:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ketchup-on-pancakes-e11-the-earth-tongue-wiggled-feat/id1527876739?i=1000633132769