Remarkable that THIS thread should be brought back to life today...
The OP is my wife, Cyndi. Most of you probably didn't get to meet her on here and unfortunately will never have the opportunity. Cyndi passed away in October after being hospitalized from complications with her medications for fibromyalgia and a crazy infection that caused her to go into septic shock.
She was a remarkable person, sweet, funny, intelligent, balls-to-the-wall passionate in everything she deemed worthy, and one helluva firecracker. I've smoked a few bowls of one of her favorite tobaccos as of late, celebrating her memory.
Thank you for giving me a way to share this. I haven't been able to find the words to share her death with the pipe community.