2012 Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug in a Jack Howell Rhodesian.
***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***
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Hope I didn't make you self-conscious about that the last time I commented. Do you make your own ghee? It's lovely stuff.
Finishing up a bowl of 2019 Escudo in my Savinelli 313 prince. It's rolling really well today, making for some nice, relaxed sipping. Not sure if that's because I packed it last night to dry a bit, or if the humidity is low today. My matches are also catching and burning pretty readily, too. 
No not at all. I just use store bought ghee. I just started using it but my dad likes to cook with it. It is lovely and tasty.
Clan in a clay pipe.
Got 3 bags of rubbish today!
Got 3 bags of rubbish today!
Another day to sink your teeth into life’s ass and drag it to you.
C&D Bayou Morning in an IMP Meerschaum.
C&D Bayou Morning in an IMP Meerschaum.
in keeping with my 2022 ritual of smoking one small "dog walker" sampler cigar the first of each month, yesterday, Nov. 1, I smoked a H. Upmann Reserve, medium strong with a hint of sweetness in the background, a little hard on the draw at first, and losing flavor in the last quarter, but enjoyable otherwise. It was also a celebration of my wife and I completing early voting in our state of N.C. where all of the volunteers were convivial, the day was sunny, and it was an enjoyable experience, with my wife voting curbside, for her mobility issues, and me voting inside with almost no line. The cigar sampler is from Iwan Ries, with one more of the dozen cigars left, for December.
About a third of a bowl left of year 2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Lunch break - Nording 2020 Hunter Cheetah and Wilke 71st Street. 
2012 Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake in a Jack Howell Apple.
Now having my 2019 Escudo in a cob that a friend gave me when he got out of pipes and moved away. Folded and stuffed this time, by folding the coin in half and then in half again (like folding a coffee filter into a cone shape), and inserting the resulting wad "sideways" to orient the grain vertically. Pretty nice creamy smoke, with occasional hints of the Captain Black that was smoked in this pipe previously. Shouldn't take too many more bowls to chase that ghost away for good.
Did a set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem.
Viscount Blue Dr. Grabow. Black Maria. Can you dig it? It’s groovy.
University Flake in the Savinelli Oscar Tiger 311KS
Smoking Amphora Virginia in a Sav. Coconut, cup of LaLlave. Just getting used to rural Florida after Las Vegas, quite a difference!
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am half way through this bowl of Robert McConnell’s Black & Gold in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer with a dark tortoise shell colored tapered acrylic stem. Been cleaning a couple of estate pipes, and now working on a review of this blend. Too bad K&K has changed all the McConnells blends. No blend is safe from K&K, tsk tsk.
Orlik Golden Slices in a Morgan Bones. My travel pipe, because we just got home from visiting the grandchildren. Very nice. 
1998 Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a Rad Davis Billiard.
2017 C&D Kajun Kake in a Neerup Structure.
Half way through this bowl of Watch City New Beta in a 1978 straight smooth brown BBB Silver Mounted 522 pot with a silver band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Lavazza Classico, neat, is my drink. Just posted reviews of two McConnells blends at TR.
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