A Lot of Us

I interact with a lot of fellow pipe smokers on FB.  I decided to expand my hobby of smoking a pipe.  We discuss mostly tobacco as opposed to pipes, but often I’ll share about the pipe I’m smoking and tobaccos.  My collection while numerous is modest.  I don’t have a lot of pipes worth much over a hundred dollars new.  But each pipe has a story.  

My Gettysburg pipe I am smoking this morning might be my most interesting pipe.  I have made up my story about it and affectionately say it’s haunted, but I don’t really believe it is.  It’s a mysterious pipe.  I have an order ready for my birthday next month and I’m including five cigars in that order.  When anyone asks my advice on cigars I always mention the Hemingway Signature cigar by Arturo Fuentes.  

I also now have a new favorite pipe tobacco called Bayou Night.  I am including eight ounces of that in my order.  I expect my next order to still be less than a hundred dollars, but that will be enough to get me through September.  But I find interacting with fellow pipe smokers interesting.  I sometimes wish I had fewer more expensive pipes like my Dunhill.  But I could never afford expensive pipes.  

I have about a dozen good pipes I smoke the most.  Sometimes I just like to go into pipe shops and buy a less expensive pipe. But I have pipes made in both Europe and the US.  Mostly my pipes are Danish and Irish with a few Italian made pipes.  But I think my pipe buying days are over.  I just focus on tobacco with the occasional cigar.  But this morning it is my Gettysburg pipe with some Bayou Morning and my coffee is from Blue Bottle.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave