Tried smoking several blends. Trying to get over Covid. Loss of smell is truly toubling. I cant tell the difference between an Aero, Malin Flake, and an English. I guess I hope for the best and will probably smoke a lot less. It doesnt taste bad just not great. I suppose its time to break out the tins Im not super fond of.
***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***
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2015 SPC Deception Pass in a SMS Smooth Bulldog Meerschaum 
Damned virus of the devil. I wish you a speedy recovery my friend. I had my covid and flu shots a few weeks ago. I too find that my sense of smell is not as it used to be, and even my palate, or taste.
Capt. Earles Ten Russians in a Peterson Deluxe System B42
Another dregs melange. Beautiful, warm morning prior to going over the river and through the woods to Aunt Bonnie's house.
Haddo’s in a Manduela, then a J Alan. I hardly notice XMas this year!
Is that a matching sandblasted magnetic stand cut from the same piece of briar as the pipe? The stain seems too close a match to be a lucky pairing.
What a weird xmas - mild and rainy.
Beats the freezing cold I guess.
Steamworks in the Becker 4
pickaxe (strawberry).
Beats the freezing cold I guess.
Steamworks in the Becker 4
pickaxe (strawberry).
Sir Walter Raleigh in a Marxman A square panel.
Same pipe a month ago.
They get darker and redder and better the more you smoke them.
Same pipe a month ago.
They get darker and redder and better the more you smoke them.
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Warm enough in Wisconsin to be able to enjoy Drucquer and Sons Trafalgar in a L’Anatra bent apple. Merry Christmas!
Presbyterian Mixture in my Radice Dublin. Merry Christmas folks.
First smoke in my brand new Tulip Bamboo Shank pipe made by Bennie Joe, that I bought a few months ago from MBSD pipes. First smoke is KBV’s Samsun and Delilah 2023.
Taking further advantage of the pleasant day to have a bowl of Sam's Flake in a fine -smoking Blatter.
On one side it's stamped "Blatter"
And on the other side "Rettalb", presumably so that if you're looking at yourself in the mirror and forget what you're smoking, you'll be reminded.
On one side it's stamped "Blatter"
And on the other side "Rettalb", presumably so that if you're looking at yourself in the mirror and forget what you're smoking, you'll be reminded.
The simple pleasures, black and tan in a cob with coffee. Merry Christmas! 
My niece and nephew still get physical gifts but my family agreed to donate in each others names to various causes because we have more than enough crap! 
Others are without, so in the spirit of giving, that we should really have every day, this feels right. Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate or not.
Haddo’s in a Satou
Others are without, so in the spirit of giving, that we should really have every day, this feels right. Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate or not. Haddo’s in a Satou
Sutliff 515RC1 in an unknown meer. Happy Xmas everyone
Bowl three in the calabash meer, 2021 Wessex Campaign Dark Flake. Going through many VA blends right now to find what I’d like to cellar heavily in the future. This isn’t bad in anyway, but when I’m done with my jar that has but a few dried and brittle-oil scraps, I won’t find myself searching it out again. Stoved VA’s are my favourite, and I see little point in going deep in something that I find just a hair above okay, at least for now and the foreseeable future. Happy Holidays, All!
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