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This has been an unusual month for me in many ways, not least of which was the oddly jejune experience of my piping. Perhaps it was symptomatic of my frame of mind, but it felt like a relationship that had entered a doldrums for no apparent reason. It just hasn’t been there for me lately.
So this month’s top 10 is mostly comprised of old standbys. Yeah, none of my smokes lately have been all that rewarding, none stand out. It’s like I’ve been going through the motions, like in a relationship that’s chilled and may have entered a phase of comfortable sameness without any stimulation. I was hard pressed to even think of a blend I wanted to smoke, instead settling for something that I usually like hoping to rekindle the passion that didn’t arrive. I think the only bowl that stood out was a single bowl of McClelland’s Three Oaks Original after smoking nothing but VaPers last month.
Here, then, are my desert island blends for the month, based more on memory and hopes for future satisfaction than recent experience.
10) McClelland: Frog Morton on the Bayou
9) McClelland: Mellow Mack
8) Esoterica: Margate
7) Samuel Gawith: 1792
6) G L Pease: Chelsea Morning
5) McClelland: Royal Cajun Dark
4) McClelland: Dark Star
3) A. C. Petersen: Escudo
2) McClelland: Three Oaks Syrian
1) McClelland: Three Oaks Original
I don’t know what’s going on, but I hope I will get back in the groove. I miss it.
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Kevin said:
Garrett, I think you should have an accompanying for Dessert Island Blends too! j/k.
I haven’t tried Frog Morton on the Bayou yet, but I love regular Frog Morton, so I have to get some of this. I have unopened tins of Chelsea Morning and Escudo I am waiting to try soon.
February 25th, 2010 at 11:00 am
sinistertopiary said:
> Garrett, I think you should have an accompanying for Dessert Island Blends too! j/k.
I’ve tried, but I can’t parse this sentence. I hope you remember what you were trying to convey, ’cause it sure sounds interesting!
I think I just figured out that j/k is “joke”. Now if only I knew what the joke was…
February 25th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Kevin said:
Yes, j/k means joking.
The feeble attempt at a joke was the subtle difference in spelling between “Desert” and “Dessert”.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
sinistertopiary said:
I think my confusion pertained to the use of the adjective “accompanying” without the noun it’s qualifying. Accompanying what? List? Friend? Plane of Immanence?
Without the noun I can’t know whether or not your joke was feeble, though by this point the dead horse has been thoroughly beaten.
February 25th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Kevin said:
Oops. I meant an accompanying series … but I didn’t really as I was just joking.
This is what happens when I get interrupted in the middle of something, which happens way too often.
February 25th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
dunendain said:
What about a desert island brand?
February 28th, 2010 at 10:35 am