I've been smoking a pipe very occasionally since maybe 1969 or70... When I started college, there was a fellow in the study lounge of the student union that smoked Borkum Riff, and it smelled wonderful! Over the years since then, I'd usually get the urge walking past a smoke shop in a mall or something, then smoke a few pipe fulls, then quit for a year or two.
This last summer though, I made a few happy accidental discoveries, and I enjoyed smoking my pipe immensely and stuck with it. Among other things, I ran across a tobacco that I really enjoy, (Cornell & Diehl's Autumn Evening,) and discovered that my old churchwarden pipe was PERFECT for sitting out on a swinging chair and reading! That led to reading a few pipe smoking books, running down a few more churchwardens, and doing things a little better than I used to.
I pretty much only smoke outside, so the winter weather has put a damper on my relaxing escapes for awhile. Looking forward to Spring...
Marty
This last summer though, I made a few happy accidental discoveries, and I enjoyed smoking my pipe immensely and stuck with it. Among other things, I ran across a tobacco that I really enjoy, (Cornell & Diehl's Autumn Evening,) and discovered that my old churchwarden pipe was PERFECT for sitting out on a swinging chair and reading! That led to reading a few pipe smoking books, running down a few more churchwardens, and doing things a little better than I used to.
I pretty much only smoke outside, so the winter weather has put a damper on my relaxing escapes for awhile. Looking forward to Spring...
Marty
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