I've been steadily involved in the cast iron community for several years now. I've focused primarily on the 19th century cookware, and within that primarily griddles, with skillets being a fairly close second. That culminated in the publication of the project I cooked up more or less immediately after becoming enthralled with cast iron--The Cast … Continue reading Calling All Cast Iron Kooks
Industrial History
The State of the ‘Spin, January 2023
I have to start this post with a sincere apology for the radio silence over the last few months. If you've kept up with social media, you know that we ran into a big snare with our immigration status in Germany and chose to head back rather than allow our savings to dry up completely … Continue reading The State of the ‘Spin, January 2023
A Little Bit o’ Barstow, All Night Long
Cast iron isn't the majority of my existence as it was about a year ago, but I'm still at it, only I'm more concerned with contribution over collection.
Crazy for Cast Iron Part 5: Griddle Me This
Infatuation with yet another griddle has led down a rabbit hole of the changing face of industrial production in the years immediately following the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Crazy for Cast Iron Part 3: There’s No Place Like Home
From its humble origins getting annoyed with my 73lb modern skillet to my first rummaging expedition to the Rhode Island Antiques Mall, it’s safe to say that my enthusiasm for cast iron cookware has gone from confused to thrilled to unhinged to genuinely passionate. Getting into this hobby, you learn a few things very early … Continue reading Crazy for Cast Iron Part 3: There’s No Place Like Home
A Bit of the Industrial Revolution in the 21st Century
Rhode Islanders...like the Industrial Revolution. I’ve always known this, but it wasn’t until I kinda sorta accidentally produced a documentary on it that I really began to grasp the extent of it. I say “accidentally” because well, I kinda didn’t mean to. I’m not an industrial historian. Truth be told, I’m not even the biggest … Continue reading A Bit of the Industrial Revolution in the 21st Century
Rhode Island’s Industrial Revolution
This article is more or less the written account of my documentary film entitled Rhode Island's Industrial Revolution: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. So if you've seen that and aren't much of a reader, there's not a whole lot of new information here.
However, there is a bit more discussion about things that would have been rambling in the film. There are also images that you can look at at your own pace, rather than how I decided you get to see them in the film. All of my research references will be provided through links at the bottom of this article.
It’s Time to Visit Nathanael Greene
I've commuted from Providence to Coventry, Rhode Island for work for almost 12 years now. For probably 8 of those 12 years, it's been with varying frequency on bike. For about 2 of those 8 years, it's been pretty much always on bike. For the entire time, I'd been passing signs for the Nathanael Greene … Continue reading It’s Time to Visit Nathanael Greene
What to Expect for the Tail End of 2017
Somehow we're almost done with 2017. As the year comes to a close and Pedal Powered Anthropology approaches the 6 month mark, I want to share what I'd like to accomplish by the end of the year, as well as what you all can expect going into 2018. Obviously I intend to build my audience … Continue reading What to Expect for the Tail End of 2017
Everyday Anthropology 