Sunday Morning

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 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 these days, but not my coffee.  I’ve decided over the years I never had that one tobacco.  I began narrowing my search about a year ago and finally found that one I like the best.  

I just want to relax with my pipe without thinking about how I would review certain tobaccos.  I found it a distraction.  I don’t want to give too much thought about what is in my pipe these days.  Same with cigars, although granted, I don’t smoke but a few cigars a year.  I have my one favorite cigar.  And I guess I am like that about life.  

For me at least, simplicity is best.  I have my pipes and I’ve found my tobacco.  I know what cigar I like.  But I enjoy exploring coffees.  That is the one thing about coffee I do like.  I like variety in coffee.  My wife and I have been married 51 years and I like that we have been together that long.  Brand loyalty was a thing in days past.  But today not so much.  

I’m not sure I have any real brand loyalties, except for maybe canned soups.  Tomato soup isn’t tomato soup unless it’s Campbell’s.  Oh, sure, there are so many tobaccos I’d love to try, but then again my taste buds are getting dull.  I can’t taste the nuances in certain tobaccos.  And maybe once in a while maybe I need to change things up a bit, but for me it’s about time.  

I just want to enjoy what I know I like.  In the movie Shenandoah a young man asks his girlfriend’s father for her hand in marriage.  The father says, “I know you love her, but do you like her?”  Like is what life is all about.  I’ve asked myself if I like a tobacco enough to stay with it.  I kept going back to it after trying others.  And my answer is, “Yes.”  I love my wife for sure, but liking her is most important.  She’s my best friend.  This is what you say with your pipes and tobaccos.  They become your best friends. Thank you for your time and Peace and Love to each one of you.

Dave

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