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2022-11-24: A Different Flavor of Thanksgiving It is a dark and rainy day in Houston. It is Thanksgiving Day, and the weather fits the mood for the …

2021-05-01: Pipes and Tobacco Lately when I smoke a pipe, I like to take a photograph of it. It’s sort of like what a foodie does …

2021-04-30: A Surprise Caricature of Me I have a friend named Bob Doll who happens to be a cartoonist as well as an entrepreneur. Earlier …

2021-04-23: I am now a Certified Consumer Tobacconist  I never thought I would become a certified consumer tobacconist, but that day has arrived. I took …

2021-04-10: Hydroponic Garden This is day one of my new hydroponic garden. The four pods on the left are seeded with Virginia …

2021-04-08: The Beginning of Wisdom This is one of my favorite passages of scripture. I cannot imagine life without God. I believe with …

2021-04-08: A Gentleman's Shelf I have been organizing my gentleman’s shelf in my office. It’s looking pretty good.

2021-04-04: Easter There is no hope in death. There is only death. In this state of being, there is only fear as the …

2021-04-03: Smoking a Tobacco Pipe I grew up in a family where smoking was taboo, which is not a terrible thing. When I was in college, …

2021-04-02: Sherlock Holmes Pipe It’s a nice afternoon for some pipe time with my Peterson Sherlock Holmes pipe.

2021-04-02: Good Friday Today is Good Friday. We mark the day that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified and died on the …