What I’ve Recently Learned

 I smoke a pipe, but never belonged to a pipe smoker’s club and now I know why.  I’m keeping all references to pipe smoking on my sites, but decided interacting with others about it takes too much time and is a distraction I don’t need.  I have enough distractions as it is, but I smoke a pipe for basically two reasons—relaxation and meditation.

I thought interacting with others about the hobby was a good idea, especially on social media, but it didn’t take long for me to figure out it won’t work for me.  I don’t need the distraction.  I’ll keep my pipe smoking friends, but I just can’t be bothered by them.  I need to focus on other things.  I thought it might be good for me, but I’ve been easily distracted all my life.  Now my Angels are the distraction and has been for three decades.  That is enough.

I spend a lot of my time catching up with the news on YouTube.  And social media is distracting enough by itself.  I really am a misanthrope by nature and just don’t want much in the way of socialization.  I don’t need it.  I thought about changing my bios on various sites, but I’ll keep them as they are because I’m not giving up pipe smoking.  I’m just giving up socializing about pipes and tobacco.

My posts won’t change.  I’ll still post photos and reels of myself with a pipe.  But I see pipes more as tools for meditation than just a hobby.  Not many will read this post on my blog, but at least a few will know.  I’ve thought about re-writing my bios, but I don’t think I will.  Angels and pipes define me in that order.  I would be lying if I took my pipes away from my bios.  I’ll probably always smoke a pipe.  But it’s not for socializing.  

I’ll keep my few pipe smoking friends, but I’ll just ignore the posts.  I have other things to do.  This is what I’ve learned in the past couple of months.  I hate it when people point figures at various sins of others.  I don’t care unless one is guilty of the one of two sins.  I frankly don’t give a rip about sins or beliefs otherwise.  It’s why I am the way I am.  My Angels don’t allow for me to join groups.  I simply don’t fit in.  Been that way my whole life and things aren’t going to change now.  I’m smoking my Tim West pipe this morning with some Cornell and Diehl Old College pipe tobacco; and my coffee this morning is Wicked Joe Bella Maria coffee.  Thank you for your time and Peace and Love to each one of you.

Papa Chasteen