Coffee and a Pipe

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 I have my two cups of coffee in the morning along with my first pipe of the day.  Maybe I should call this blog coffee and a pipe since I do my best thinking in the morning.  Sometimes I write a day or two ahead and go over my post for that day making my final corrections.  But there is something special about sitting on the lanai before breakfast smoking my first pipe of the day with a cup of hot fresh coffee.

I could have a blog as much about coffee as my pipe.  I listen to the birds and some mornings I am up at the crack of dawn.  But most mornings I turn off the alarm and just want to be in bed a while longer.  I have my favorite coffees just as I have my favorite pipes and favorite tobaccos.  But these days any tobacco can be a favorite.  

As for theological thoughts in the morning, my theology is rather simple and that extends to my philosophy about life and living.  A pipe is a relative simple tool I use for meditation.  But for me there is nothing like a pipe and a cup of hot coffee.  I’ve had my best conversations over a cup of coffee while smoking a pipe.  I have my best thoughts about this time in the morning as I am writing now.  

This for me is the best time of the day.  My wife always fixes breakfast as she is in the kitchen.  There is just something special about this time of day.  My pipe this morning is my Dunhill, which is my favorite pipe.  I smoke this pipe on Tuesdays.  My tobacco is the last of my Old Professor and my coffee is Holler Mountain by Stumptown.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave.  

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