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.