There Are Times

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 I enjoy listening to light jazz that one might hear in a coffee shop and there is a scene of a coffee shop on a YouTube video.  I sometimes wish I could go to a place like that with my pipe, drink some coffee, and maybe do some writing on a computer.  Some might suggest a cigar bar would be favorable.  But it's not the same.  I've been to cigar bars and the atmosphere isn't the same.  Years ago, I spent such time in coffee shops, but today I am relegated to the patio as I drink my coffee and smoke my pipe.

Conversations are different in coffee shops from cigar bars.  And there is something special coffee adds to a conversation.  I can miss conversation at times.  My wife fills in the gap, but sometimes I miss the ambience a coffee shop has to offer.  Maybe these days people spend too much time on their phones to converse, but I guess sometimes I get nostalgic about how things used to be.  

I've told my wife I have thought of being more involved with social media.  She has advised against it.  She likes when my mind is quiet and social media would be too overstimulating for me.  And she's probably right.  I'm too neurotic for social media.  I need quiet interaction.  I'm really best with one-on-one conversation.  I think it comes from my life.  She likes when I put my phone down and it's her and myself.

There are too many noisy minds in the world today where people can post on social media the first thought that comes into their heads.  The world needs more people with quiet minds, not less.  So, I won't add to the din that is already out there.  But I miss the days where I could smoke a pipe most anywhere I pleased.  Now it is with a cup of coffee I made on the patio with my pipe.  I've found a pipe often adds to a conversation, but for my wife it does if I'm not smoking a foul smelling English tobacco.

She still isn't crazy about pipe tobacco smoke in general, but for her Old Professor is the worst offender.  I usually smoke thar as my first bowl of the day as she makes breakfast and then I'll smoke mostly Aromatics during the day.  I sometimes hate that I'm relegated to the patio sometimes wishing I could just walk down to Dunkin' Donuts and have some coffee there with my pipe.

I used to fantasize about owning a pipe smoking shop that served coffee.  But if I got into that then I'd be out of business today.  God has His ways.  So, this morning I'm on the patio with my Dunhill pipe and my Lane 1-Q.  My coffee this morning is trader Joe's Special Roast.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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