Pipeology - The Fine Art of Pipe Smoking and Thought

 Every Sunday morning I listen to Sunday Morning Coffee.  It is a music album put together by Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller fame.  I just sit here quietly listening while drinking my coffee and smoking my pipe.  I am usually out in the lanai while my wife sleeps in.  For me, at least, it is the best part of the week.   Not that I don’t have a lot to do during the week, but still Sunday mornings have been special for as long as I can remember.  I bought this album as a CD in the early 90’s but now I listen to it on Spotify.  My favorite track is ‘A Secret Romance’ which for me has always been my Angels.   One might think I’d be in church on Sunday mornings, but my Angels changed my theology.  I tried church once since the Angels, having gone for about two years.  But every Sunday morning I attended church during that time I asked myself why I was there.  I finally came to the conclusion that if I had to ask myself this ques...

 My encounter with my Angels was not just a one-time thing.  Since then I have had many conversations with them and God.  I carry on those conversations in my mind while meditating, but they are just pleasant conversations some might say I’m having with myself.   My Angels told me not to worry about what others think.  I represent my Angels with my being.  But many times I have felt I’ve failed them.  My voice is so small and in no way am I an influencer for my Angels.  But what I do for my Angels takes time.  And my Angels have taught me patience through the years.  As they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day.   I prefer quality to quantity as I’m on God’s time table—not mine.  I’ll be heard the closer to the end we get.  This just might be practice for what is to come and still only a relative few know all about my Angels.  One of my Angels is known as just Angel and the other is Veronica with an angelic singing voice. ...

Each day that passes is a day of Hope.  The Apocalypse or thoughts about it are scary.  Each new day is a day of Hope.  Maybe the New Beginning will start today.  My Angels give me Hope that I pass on to others.  It’s morning as I am writing this post,  I begin each day with Hope and am never giving it up.  I know what my Angels told me.  I meditate often so I don’t forget.  I can’t forget no matter what.   The  Hope is that the Messiah will come today.  I say this every day.  In doing so, I remember my conversation with my Angels.  They said I will help prepare the way.  I am revealing here HOW I live my life.  I just don’t sit around and smoke a pipe.  I am living in anticipation of that singular event.   I have a prophecy in mind, but I will keep that to myself.  The Beast among us does not have much time left.  He too does his part to help prepare the way, but in his own way.  Je...

 If I just focused on my Angels every post I make here, it would be boring.  Pipe smoking just might be my only hobby.  I follow politics throughout the day, but come evening I’m looking more for entertainment and relaxation.  I could write about politics but choose not to do this.  I like Buddhist philosophy, but avoid discussing religion.   I consider myself a philosopher/theologian, but again apart from my Angels I just avoid religious thought as much as I can.  I consider myself informed, but apart from my Angels I try to avoid religion in general.  My Angels are controversial enough.  I try to mix up my blog with pipe smoking and sometimes I leave everything for other pipe smokers.   I think of my wife and she’s glad I have an interest in pipes and tobaccos.  I try not to be one-dimensional.  In fact, I try to be inclusive of both the pipe smokers and those who consider themselves Spiritual.  My pipe is a tool for my ...

 I started this about five times this morning and deleted each one.  I wasn’t sure I wanted to write this morning and maybe I’ll delete this one too.  My Angels weren’t just for me.  They’re there for everyone I know.  But that seems rather a broad scope whether one even believes in God.  I’ve learned long ago that beliefs don’t matter except just to me.   I believe in my Angels and really, if you want to know the Truth, that is all that matters.  What anyone believes about God, Angels, or even Jesus doesn’t really matter to me or even to God Himself.  I am but a simple Messenger with a simple Message.  And I don’t cram my Angels down anyone’s throat.  To me, they are real.  But I am my only proof.   I had no witnesses.  I have just my word.  And often in my thinking, I am a relatively lousy ambassador for Angels.  But I try to judge as I know God judges and that is to go so far to excuse unbelief.  Jus...

 Maybe pipe smoking is an obsession, but I am referring to my Angels.  They are THE obsession.  But I try not to write about my Angels too much.  I consider pipe smoking my hobby I have done for over 50 years.  While in seminary the dean of students suggested I not smoke a pipe.  I gave them up for a few years and later went back to them.   I never really gave them up but just didn’t smoke on campus.  I hung out in pipe shops and frequented places where I could smoke a pipe.  It was infrequent pipe smoking but still, I liked my pipes.  A colleague said of me that I was a rebel and have been all my life.  When the Angels introduced themselves to me I was certain they weren’t there for me.  But they were.   They chose me for a task that often I believe I have performed poorly.  But the Angels assured me that I have a place in heaven.  My numbers on social media are small, and I feel I have done very little for my A...

 Would I really give up pipe smoking?  No, not really.  I drink a little wine too, but I don’t collect wine as a hobby.  I drink what I buy.  I drink about a bottle a month and it takes me a week to go through a bottle.  I figure I smoke about 20 ounces of bulk tobacco a month.  I very seldom buy tobacco in tins unless it is something special.   I pretty much have smoked what I had.  I just buy in bulk and pretty much smoke what I order in a month.  I could slow down in pipe smoking but I am one of those guys who smoke five to ten bowls a day depending on the size of my pipe.  I actually smoke a lot more than average.  But I’m retired and have the time for my pipes.   My pipes lower both my heart rate and my blood pressure.  But that is mostly because I avoid tobaccos with higher Nicotine content.  Nicotine does not like me.  Sure, I get some from any tobacco, but I avoid too much.  I’ve smoked enough t...

 I slept in until ten-thirty this morning.  Not much is in my mind today.  I take days off from thinking.  This is Memorial Day weekend and a lot of you are making the official start of summer something special.  My wife and I plan to stay at home and just take it easy.  We need to start getting things together for our summer in upstate NY. Sometimes I just don’t feel like thinking.  I just placed an order for 34 ounces of bulk tobacco, comprising of seven different blends with two ounces being an aromatic.  I got burned out from smoking too much Autumn Evening, but decided to order two ounces of it so I could get free shipping from Smoking Pipes.  I like Perique, but Perique doesn’t like me.  I try to avoid Perique.   I wish I could smoke more Perique, but I’ve learned my lessons with it.  I ordered six different English blends none of which contain Perique.  If I don’t know what is in a blend regardless of reviews I simp...

 If I have learned one thing from my Angels it is to go from where you are.  Everyone has a different starting point in life.  Our parents were or are different from other parents.  Siblings are all different.  Finances are all different.  And some people live with regrets while some don’t regret anything.  We just go from where we are.  Each person exists for a reason.  Every person who comes into our lives are there for a reason.   It is said that today is the first day of your life.  You simply go from where you are at this point in your life.  We can’t dwell on the past or have anxieties about the future.  What we have is the now.  I have said this before and is a big part of Buddhist philosophy.  We have right now and that is all we have.  We can’t change the past and the future is in our hands.  But the future isn’t here.  What is here is the Right Now.   Life does nothing more than to t...

 It matters not who you are, everyone has a god.  It might not be THE one God, but everyone has a god.  It could be science or mathematics or business or whatever you do, you have a god.  My God teaches the value of all Human Life.  There is an ethic about life from most any god.  I can’t see someone like Neil DeGras Tyson being one who does respect Human Life.   Some Atheists are more ethical than some Christians.  What God judges is how each person values Human Life.  That’s it.  Life is nothing but a test to see how each person values Human Life.  Is that all there is to it?  In a nutshell—yes.  Love respects every Human Life.   But some will reject such a theology.  But it is a learning process.  Life can get in the way of such purity.  And we might develop a way of thinking that allows for the taking of Human Life for many reasons.  But even an Atheist can feel about Human Life as I do.  ...

 My focus is solely on Peace and Love.  My only judgment is on those who intentionally take Human Life.  That’s it.  I smoke a pipe in order to focus on Peace and Love.  Judgment belongs only to God.  He did not choose me to judge.  Belief in my Angels is secondary.  I believe I represent them through Peace and Love.  My Angels didn’t make me perfect—just better.   I am a better person because of my Angels.  It’s what they do for anyone who encounters them.  Perfection only belongs to Jesus and betterment for the rest of us.  I’m not sure what Heaven is all about, except it is Perfect Peace and Love.  On earth Angel encounters make us better.  Some might have more insight because of them, but each in his or her own way.   My Angels made me better in my own way.  Mental well-being is a big part of it.  And we see life more clearly and have a deeper understanding of others.  I’ve grown different...

 I have had to live with the theology of my Angels for nearly 33 years.  Smoking a pipe has helped a lot with the any stresses I have had because of it.  But it is what it is.  I can’t change it.  And if I did I’d be lying.  It’s hard enough to be believed I lied about my Angels.  But I just accept my Angels and deal with life the best I can.   The theology is so simple, but it translates to my philosophy about life and living.  I try not to judge sin regardless of what it is.  I just cannot accept the intentional taking of Human Life.  But, again, I do not judge what I do not know.  I judge false prophets, but I do this by staying away from them.  My voice is small, but that is God’s doing; not mine.   I have either done enough or in some ways I’m just getting started.  In some ways I had to wait for the pieces to fall into place and now I believe they have.  Many are expecting the end of civilization as we...

Belief in Angels doesn’t matter to me one way or another.  What matters is the Message.  Knowing the Message is most important.  I would like the world to know the Message.  It’s all that really matters.  Living a life of Peace matters most.  I can be rejected but the Message is all that matters to me.  If it was a matter of my popularity I would just ignore Angels all together.  I just do what I do and let God do the rest. I have to decide which pipes I’ll take with me to NY.  I have nothing in NY for pipe smoking.  I have to decide how I’ll pack all my pipe smoking gear for going.  I have a few things up there, but most things have to travel with me.  I’m only taking seven pipes up there and I need to decide which ones.  I’m working on that one step at a time.   I never worry about traveling.  My thinking is that my Angels will keep me safe so that means everyone who travels with me is just as safe.  I rea...

 Both are rather controversial and I understand this.  But when you are given so much space to work with - I just do my best.  And I have purposely limited my tobacco choices because I no longer have the room for storage.  And I don’t buy many pipes any longer and receive most of my newer ones as gifts.   As for the Angels I don’t defend them.  I state what I believe now and leave it at that.  A pipe smoker is usually quite the gentleman or gentle lady as the case may be, since more women are taking up the hobby.  In some ways I miss the chivalry of days gone by but I don’t believe that those days are totally gone.  I’ve been to a number of cigar bars and I don’t see chivalry as being dead.   But there is something special about a person who smokes a pipe.  A pipe gives time for thought before speaking.  It used to be said that congressmen who smoked pipes had their own club with a few women invited as well.  It is said th...

My wife and I are getting ready to summer in upstate NY in a few weeks.  I sat on the lanai this morning smoking my pipe and listening to Sunday Morning Coffee and I began to wonder if I liked Sunday mornings in NY over Sunday mornings in Florida.  I’m not crazy about the overall solitude of NY.  It rains more in NY and if it rains here in Florida I am sheltered by the lanai.  If it rains in NY, I am relegated to smoking my pipe in the garage.   Each has its own likes and dislikes.  I like suburban living over the country of NY.  But there we are surrounded by woods and wild life.  There are always chores that must be done—even on Sundays.  I love sitting on the deck of our NY home and smoking a pipe.  The deer often ramble through our yard after emerging from the woods behind.   I have a lot of photographs of deer.  But summers in NY are best.  The quiet of Sunday mornings in NY can’t be had anywhere else.  The woods...

 About seven out of ten adults in the US believe in Angels.  It seems like most people want to believe that Angels are watching over them.  CNN just had a headline saying more Gen Z are turning to organized religion.  A more common belief was that they are falling away from it.  But it seems they aren’t attending the mega churches, but are finding faith in smaller congregations.   I wouldn’t go so far to say that the prosperity gospel is dying, but it seems that there is a kind of overall feeling that the only ones who are rich are the leaders.  Smaller congregations share the wealth.  But over all people are believing in something that gives them protection in life.  With so much uncertainty, Angels are a simple belief that offers something substantial.   A belief in Angels has little to do with a religion, but is more personal.  I promote my Angels but try to stay away from too much religious thought.  My theology is quite si...

 I don’t really care about numbers.  Some days they’re high and some days low.  I write mostly for my wife and close friends.  If I cared, I’d worry about it.  My wife always gives me her reactions to most anything I do.  I figure I do things on my phone that maybe Angels don’t do.  I do it for them too. Some days I bomb and some days I hit home runs.  It might depend on when I post, but I’m most active on social media in the mornings.  I slow down as the day progresses.  Numbers just don’t matter to me.  My thinking is that all I have to do is represent my Angels in all things and they will do the rest.   What matters to me are two basic things my Angels told me.  One is that I will lie to see the arrival of the Messiah, and the second is that I know HOW He will judge when He arrives.  The rest they told me applies pretty much to myself.   I know many will talk about the dead and what they are experiencing. ...

 I have my earthly Angels.  For me, they are close friends and family.  My pipes help me stay connected to my heavenly Angels.  There is power in thought and meditation.  Some might call it prayer, but in a way I don’t ask God to do such-and-such, but it’s more like I will God to act.  It’s more like believing in the power of Angels to act.   But why the pipe as a tool?  I asked my Angels whether I had to give up my pipes.  I had already been smoking a pipe for twenty years, and I wasn’t sure I was ready to give them up.  They said it was up to me.  I chose to make them tools for meditation.  This is why I meditate with a pipe.  I know my Angels don’t care as long as a pipe is more beneficial than harmful.   I wear an Apple Watch for health reasons.  I have other watches I can wear while charging my Apple Watch but I hardly go anywhere without wearing it.  I like to check my BPM once in a while.  I chec...

 I’m posting this post this morning, but mostly I wrote it last evening after eight.  I was going through my YouTube offerings last night and decided I’ve had it with information for the day.  I just wanted to smoke my pipe and listen to the quiet music instead.  I’m an old guy who smokes a pipe, but I’ve always relaxed with my pipe.  It’s why I smoke one main tobacco.  My brain gets tired of thinking.   I miss the old days when a pipe smoker can just light their pipe most anywhere.  I used to have my own office in our home where I’d just light my pipe and work.  I used to have many cellared tins and jars, but these days I sit out in the lanai and smoke what I have.  My son has tens of thousands of followers in FB and I have my few.  I did this on purpose.  Few is best for me.   I seek a quiet life these days, but I believe more people need to smoke a pipe—not fewer.  A pipe gives one time to pause and reflect.  ...

 Usually Angels just show up.  I had a two and a half hour conversation with mine.  That was 32 years ago and they had a lot to tell me.  They completely changed my theology about sin, Grace, and even God Himself.  They told me who I would become and what I’d do.  They said Jesus had it fifteen times worse than I did at that time.   They removed any guilt from me and said God had judged me already.  A place in heaven with my family was already prepared for me.  I just didn’t think it would have taken so long for the Messiah to arrive.  But I believe along with many others it could be most any day now.  His Judgment will be swift.  He will judge all humanity with one question and one question only:  Have you ever intentionally taken a Human Life?   That’s all there is to it and He already knows.  The world is now, I believe, being prepared for both His Judgment and the arrival of His Son.  Of course, I have n...

 Anyone who has encountered Angels is a VIP, in my way of thinking.  I wish I could tell others how to encounter them as I did; but I can’t.  They often come when least expected.  But being one of God’s VIP’s it is how I have handled the stresses of life and living for the past 32 years or so.  After my experience I can see so many times in my life prior to the experience where they guided me from danger.  They were with me every step of the way before I knew of their presence.   Most don’t encounter Angels until the very end of life.  But they said I would perform a task before the Messiah came and that task would be to HELP prepare the way for Him.  Many are doing this now.  Many believers are saying we are at the end of the old.  I’ve been saying this for more than 32 years.  I simply don’t have a massive audience as many do.   I am performing my task in small ways without a large following.  I almost do it one ind...

 I do not believe I am long for this world.  I have done for my Angels about as much as I can do.  I have focused one aspect of what I claim my Angels told me on specific people.  I did this on purpose not knowing how to talk about my angels.  I focused on specific people something specific about my Angels and applied it to them.  Collectively they make up everything I claim my Angels told me.   I found it to be the only way I could do it.  Of course wife and family know the most.  I took one thing out of all the things I claim my Angels told me and focused one thing on each of them.  There is no way I could cover everything my angels with one person at a time.  So each person I got to know, only a part of the Message was focused on each of them.  Collectively, the carry the Message.   It was the only way I could do it.  It might not have been the best way, but God knew what I would do with the Message.  I divide...

 My wife and I have an agreement about Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.  It’s up to our kids to get us gifts and cards for those special days.  We don’t buy for each other on those days.  But we both take time to reflect on our parents those days.  Both our moms were very special ladies.  I often wish our kids spent more time with them.   I hated giving up our moms to the Angels—particularly mine.  But my Angels told me she has a place in heaven next to my wife’s mom.  It’s sometimes hard to live without them but maturity says we manage.  I know I have a lot of my own mom in me.  I wasn’t going to make this long today, but every mom is special.   I’m smoking my Savinelli Favola pipe this morning and my coffee is Wicked Joe’s Bella Maria.  Happy Mother's Day to all the mom’s and thank you for your time and Peace and Love to each one of you! Papa Chasteen

 I have watched all the YouTube vids on pipe smoking I’m going to watch.  I’m not going to buy many more pipes.  I have my favorite pipe tobaccos.  I have been posting vids of myself almost every morning for a reason.  It’s to show close friends and family I made it through the night and that I am okay.  I’ve made a post in the evening the past couple of nights.  I write for my wife first and then anyone else who wants to read them.   I’m getting up in years and in a way my writings are diagnostic tools for my wife so she can tell how well I am doing mentally.  I don’t say a whole lot except in writing and this way she can tell where my head is at.  I told her that I need to do something different and she suggested a new hobby.  I thought to myself that I smoke a pipe for good reason. Besides which I need my time for meditation and my pipes are tools for that.  I do watch a lot of YouTube vids and try to think of a different to...

 I have often wished there was some way I could find a commonality with others who believe as I do.  But I’ve learned that commonality begins with me.  I commune with God and Angels in my alone time, but there is just no way I can draw others into the experience.   It’s why I often wish I could just meet my Angels.  I have learned that often the belief system of others don’t allow for Angels or at least an experience like mine.  I don’t always feel comfortable with people except close friends and family.  But I have said so often that it is what it is.  I am chosen for this path and I must not forget this, but some kind of guidance would help.   But the one thing I must remember is that nothing I do is wrong.  Everything leads to the One Path.  Pipe smoking is just a part of it.  Family is another part.  And those whom I meet along the way are another part.  I must not forget there is no right or wrong way as I won’t ...

 Does a theology that says that God forgives every sin except for the sins of intentional taking of any Human Life actually fit in any church structure?  I have been wondering this for almost 33 years now and tried church once for a couple of years in the mid-2000’s.  I came to the conclusion it does not.  But I knew this back in November of 1993.   When my Angels told me this, my initial thinking was that no one would anyone buy it.  The structure of the theology was still there, but churches are too culturally ingrained.  But now it seems every church structure is weakening.  Could I just slide it in with a ruptured church?  I just don’t know.  I’d have to have free reign to teach it.  I would need an incredibly Liberal congregation that would accept something new.   But as I’ve been told, the theology is just too simple.  I have often wondered what my Angels wanted me to do with it.  The only way I saw was to splin...

 I was thinking this morning that I want to meet my Angels.  I heard their voice through a human body, but that body was occupied by fifteen of them.  I was thinking about it as I meditated this morning and I was thinking I can’t wait to meet them in person.  They not only saved my soul, but my life too! They said that if we knew what heaven was like we’d fall all over ourselves trying to get in.  I have seen many vids depicting heaven, but nothing on earth or our imagination can compare.  My thinking is that if you got ten thousand YouTube creators depicting heaven, nothing they do collectively would equal heaven. I used to say this about ten thousand theologians depicting heaven, but now I say it about YouTube creators.  I have seen so many YouTube vids depicting heaven and they are beautiful.  I watch a lot of YouTube vids because my eyes aren’t what they used to be.  I used to be an avid reader, but these days it’s mostly YouTube vids. ...

 I try to keep up with current trends in pipe smoking these days, but at my age it’s hard to keep up with all the tobacco blends when I have narrowed my pipe smoking to just a few favorites.  If I sampled everything out there I wouldn’t be smoking my favorites.  I leave the sampling to the pros and those who want to sample.   My sampling days are pretty much over.  I’ve learned a lot from the younger pipe smokers, but I have my own way of doing things trying to stick to basics.  But I keep learning.   I’ve connected with a few about Angels and one thing about theology is that nothing is new to me.  The basics are still there.  I never got into the prosperity gospel, as it is called, because I found it to be more about personality and show than theology.  My theology is still rather basic.  My Angels changed how I think about sin and forgiveness.  I came to the conclusion that all God cares about is Human Life.   I try to r...

 A couple of months ago I ordered a half pound of Peaches and Cream by Peter Stokkebye.  It’s almost gone now and I’ve been thinking about my next aromatic.  I have seen so many pipe smokers smoking Cult Blood Red Moon.  It’s a rather controversial aromatic with some saying it’s too much cherry and some aren’t sure what all the hype is all about.   Granted a tin is only two ounces, but I’m thinking about adding a tin to my next order.  I need to find out what all fuss is all about.  Two ounces might last me about a month, but that will give me a chance to smoke it right away and then work my way through the tin.  I need to order a can of Captain Black Original, but maybe my personal accountant will let me order both.   I’ve avoided Cult Bood Red Moon thinking it’s just too sweet.  But I need to find out for myself just to know what it is.  I smoked a lot of Autumn Evening but eventually I got burned out on it.  A sampling of Cu...

 I have tons of vids of myself smoking a pipe, and while these days I don’t take the care of photography as I used to do back in the day.  I’ll have to brush up on my photography skills.  But I’m learning as I go along.  The first time around on social media taught me a lot about what I do and say this time around.  I had to learn.   I’m smoking my no- name Canadian pipe I bought in Canada back in the mid-80’s this morning with my tobacco of choice.  And I need to make sure I don’t come across as an English only tobacco snob.  I’ve had tons of aromatic tobaccos and still enjoy them once in a while.  But my sampling days are pretty much over.  I have to be careful about being a one tobacco pipe smoker.  I’ve sampled hundreds and find my taste buds can’t taste nuances in various tobaccos.  This is why I say my pipe smoking journey is pretty much over. At the pipe shop, some guy would come in about once a week and say they were sm...

 I say this about pipe smoking, but I can say this about life itself.  Not sure where I’d be without my Angels, but most likely I wouldn’t be here.  I don’t want to lose my sense of humor.  Not that I am as clever as a Mark Twain or that I can make people laugh as one of today’s famous comedians.  And my writing style might be a little dull.  But what is most important is to play nice with others.   I’m smoking my Nording Number 2 pipe this morning with my Proper English by Peter Stokkebye.  My coffee is Mexico Chiapas from Trader Joe’s.  I’ve had hundreds of various blends from various tobacconists the world over.  And I’ve pretty much settled with the one tobacco.  I have all the pipes I need.  They are very traditional pipes, but the fact is most were bought new and they are my pipes.   I’ve been on my own pipe smoking journey and I feel my life’s journey has come to the place where I can pretty much relax with my pipes...

 The neighbors aren’t making noise this morning and the sound of traffic is in the distance.  I’m smoking my St. Nicholas pipe by Savinelli with some Proper English, all while listening to Day Parts- Sunday Morning Coffee by Chip Davis.  I usually conclude my posts with the information about my pipe and tobacco as a conclusion.  But I just love to sit and listen while I smoke my pipe on Sunday mornings.   There’s not a lot on my mind this morning, but I was thinking that I was raised going to church on Sundays and trained for ministry.  But after a few years in the church, I decided church isn’t for me.  Now on Sunday mornings I just enjoy the quiet of this time.  It’s my favorite time of the week.  I usually wake up earlier on Sundays and come out to the lanai and just sit.   My coffee this morning is Mexico Chiapas from Trader Joe’s.  I enjoy mentioning the coffee because it’s not always the same brew.  My tobacco is the same...

 I thought about this yesterday.  Back in the day when pipe smoking was more common, the wealthier gave thought to a pipe as one might think of as an expensive luxury.  But a more common person might be able to afford that one pipe they got at the local drugstore and smoked it until it broke and they’d just go and replace it for another ten bucks.  If you smoked a pipe of any kind you automatically belonged to the club. These days with at least a few pipes costing five to ten grand it’s hard to say who can afford it and who can’t.  I’ve always thought that what goes into a pipe was always more important.  Some pipers have dedicated pipes.  Some for only aros and some for only English.  I have a single Dunhill that has seen both aros and English.   Care for the pipe is what is most important.  That Dr. Grabow deserves the same care as that Dunhill.  I’ve never judged based on a pipe.  Frankly, I couldn’t care less.  I don’t...

 God doesn’t ask anything of me except that I do my best and let Him figure it out.  I don’t need social media or even my pipes, for that matter.  But they keep me occupied.  Maybe I need to meditate more than I do.  But at the same time I need my diversions.  Writing keeps my mind from getting old and by writing I keep the memory of the Angels fresh. I told my wife not long ago that I can probably give up my phone and have YouTube only on my computer.  I will often put my phone down and go out to the lanai and leave it behind.  But I’ve learned some social interaction is good for me, although granted, not too much.  I’ve been too far removed from socialization with pipe smokers to just dive in and make pipes and tobaccos a central hobby.  So, I’ve decided to just do my thing and not worry about what I either do or don’t do.   What matters most in this blog is that I keep saying that the Messiah is near and that I know how He will j...