Really?

 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 tobacco blends to know what I can and cannot smoke.  

But giving up my pipes after fifty years of smoking them?  I rather think not.  It is a hobby.  I live to see what others are enjoying in both pipes and tobacco blends.  I can’t see myself sitting without a pipe.  It is my tool for both relaxation and meditation.  I’m fussy about the tobacco blends I choose, as I said in yesterday’s post.  

Pipe smoking is for enjoyment.  If I didn’t like my alone time, I would do something else.  But I like that pipe smoking is a quiet hobby.  This morning my pipe is my Nording Number 3 pipe and my coffee this morning is from the Blue Bottle coffee company.  Thank you for your time and Peace and Love to each one of you.

Dave