Russ Ouellette In my early twenties I was fortunate to become friends with Mel Feldman, who owned The Smoker in Albany, NY. Mel was kind enough to spend hours talking […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette Lord knows that I have been called a "tool" by a number of people (along with a plethora of other choice epithets) but what the title refers to […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette I admit it. I have a problem. Well, actually, I have a lot of problems, but I’m referring to one in particular. I love pipes. There, I’ve said […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette Every time I go to a pipe show, I come away with new information, or, at least, a new perspective on a subject. Since the Chicagoland Pipe and […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette Last month, when writing about some random thoughts, I mentioned that I had been smoking corn cob pipes frequently as of late, because of a project I was […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette I used the word "ruminations" in the title of this piece. The word begins with "rum". Coincidence? I think not. To give you some insight into the way […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette Is there more art or science to the pipe smoking pastime? At least from one perspective, I’m sure that it’s leaning towards art. In my mind, one of […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette The olfactory sense is linked to memory more strongly than, perhaps, any of the other four. As an example of what I mean, think about this- how many […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette Cavendish is the last name of a British chemist and physicist who discovered hydrogen and determined the properties of water, but somehow I doubt that Henry Cavendish had […]
Read moreRuss Ouellette It seems like only yesterday, at times, that I started out working in a tobacco shop, yet it was actually 37 years ago. The landscape was much different […]
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