Pipeology - The Fine Art of Pipe Smoking and Thought

  I was looking at pipe smoking lounges in homes and pipe shops and my space compares to none of them, which have mahogany paneled walls and leather overstuffed chairs.  But I do have a smart TV hooked to a Roku streaming device.  If you notice a dirty yellow cloth I wipe my pipes with it once in a while.  I always keep a cloth handy.   I have to smoke outdoors.  I know of pipe smokers that have a room and have spent thousands on air purifiers, but no matter the expense nothing can clean the air in a house of pipe smoke.  We’re concerned about second-hand smoke for health reasons.  Even a man cave in a garage isn’t enough.  One can open garage doors, but smoke near a house can find its way in.   But outside is best for all concerned.  I’ve taken lots of photos from our deck at our NY home.  Here I sit by the pool and that is my scenery here.  The chairs are obviously not over stuffed leather recliners, but patio style chai...

 My wife says I need a pipe lounge on YouTube.  There are a lot of mostly guys smoking pipes on YouTube and I need my own YouTube videos to share with pipe smokers on YouTube.  I don’t smoke in an easy chair watching TV or reading a book in the living room.  I smoke my pipe only outdoors.  My “lounge” is a patio table and chairs.  Years ago I had my own office in our home where I would smoke my pipes.  Once in a great while I might smoke in the living room.   We had a deck with table and chairs at our home in Ohio.  But eventually I moved outdoors especially when I started smoking cigars for a while.  But when we moved to NY it was the deck until it got too cold and then I moved to the garage with a space heater and I bundled up for the cold.  Here in Florida it has just been the lanai.   I sometimes miss not having an indoor office.  But even then my wife didn’t like the smell of a pipe throughout the house.  I still...

 They don’t exist.  I went to YouTube search for pipe smoking lounges and all I found were lounges for cigar smokers.  Cigar smokers are typically more socialable and can be loud.  Pipe smokers, on the other hand, tend to be more quiet and rather into themselves.  But if I wanted a lounge for smoking my pipes, I’d have to go to cigar bars.  I really don’t want to do this.  If I share my space with someone, I prefer quiet conversations with one or a few and would rather be less sociable than cigar smokers. This is why I’d rather smoke my pipe at home.  I know I’d be sharing space with no one but a few.  I’d rather not seek to be the center of attention.  I’d rather listen than talk.  But I can carry on a conversation, which in today’s world seems to be a lost art with everyone on their phones.  A conversation is still the best way to communicate, in my thinking.   I just spent the last three hours here on the lanai with my ...

 I would never deny my experience with my Angels.  I represent them in everything I do and they are all that I am.  I can’t help this.  It’s who I am.  Maybe since and still I am not quite human.  I get stressed by being around too many people just for this reason.  I simply can’t deny my Angels in all I do and they define all that I am.  I’ve had to learn to deal with it. Having an understanding wife helps me a lot.  And then sharing with close trusted friends helps a lot.  But there is nothing I can do to change the way I feel.  I know how God will judge the world when the Messiah comes as I have been judged already.  I could go against my Angels and change the course of events, but my Angels and God knew I wouldn’t do this.   Would I rather not have had the experience?  Without the Angels I doubt seriously I would be alive today.  This blog would not exist.  But instead of being an influencer I change liv...

 I was reading this morning about the personality types of pipe smokers.  They are introspective and know what they believe.  They aren’t swayed by trends.  They tend to have what now can be called old-fashioned values.  They believe in consistency and tend to be more instructive than learners.  They aren’t easily swayed from their beliefs.   I gave up my pipes for ministry and if I had smoked my pipes then I might have been a far more effective minister.  But I rediscovered my pipes after leaving ministry and never looked back.  My pipes have kept me being balanced.  I tend to believe all ministers would be more effective if they smoked a pipe.   But ministry is just one occupation.  This is why pipe smoking is associated with professional fields like teaching.  I find I read better while smoking a pipe.  I tend to have clearer thoughts while smoking a pipe.  It helps keep me focused.  And it keeps my emoti...

 We’re settled in here in Florida and I was thinking about our last month in NY.  When we go to NY, it is like a Spiritual retreat.  There is something about the mountain in NY that seems to recharge me.  It is a Spiritual area and I can feel it whenever we travel on the road through the forest up to our home.  It is a three mile drive from the main road up the mountain to our home.   But even here on Florida I was thinking this morning about how I am feeling now.  NY is so isolated and about a month at a time there is all I can take.  After a while the isolation gets to be too much.  But it’s the getting there that is taxing.  The nearest airport is Newark and it’s an hour and a half from there to our mountain home.   If somehow I could be transported there it would be okay.  But on this trip we flew out of JFK airport, which is two and half hours away.  I can do without all the traveling.  I just wish it were easier...

 Yesterday was a travel day.  We’re back in Florida today.  I’m kind of relaxing this morning, but we have errands to run today.  I woke earlier this morning.  I’m listening to some Lofi coffee jazz this morning while smoking my morning pipe and drinking my morning coffee.  Our houseguest did a great job caring for the house and our cats.  We will unpack later, but this morning it is my pipe, my coffee, and some music.   I can go days or weeks without a pipe, but I didn’t smoke yesterday.  We were traveling from about noon yesterday until about ten last night.  Almost twelve hour is too much.  But I hope we can get settled in by evening tonight.  But right now is me time until breakfast is ready.   I swapped the deck for the lanai by the pool.  I enjoyed watching the deer amble through our backyard.  And I’ve traded them for cats that go and out.  In a few days our routines here will be back to normal after ...