Sutliff Balkan Sobranie 759 Match, following a Sobranie thread on Forums, in a MM/Dagner cob straight nose warmer with a silver-color band. Just a bowl or two left of this blend; it's been a good one. I have the flag out for July 4, made some bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon for breakfast with our coffee, and ran some take-out hot dogs, fries and Cokes for lunch. Unfortunately, there's news of a mass shooting in the town where my dad grew up on the north shore of Chicago; luckily my family members were away on vacation overseas, but it brings the whole shooting mania closer to home. In grade school, I spent a week or two several summers with my then-widowed grandma in the paternal family home, a quiet place with church bells ringing out the time. I know well Central Avenue where the July 4 parade was the site of the massacre.
