above: our old neighborhood bicycle repair man with his pipe

cigarettes are just a bad habit, built for fast pleasure, pipes are a slow ritual
for those who can afford time… and hell they are just as bad

cleaning up is just part of the pleasureand you though pipe smokers were harmless!

in an effort to quit smoking… cigarettes… i have polished up my old beloved pipes, (boy am i going down the wrong path) half of my collection, which has been passed down from my dad. hopefully i am old enough now to pull it off… it aomehow didn’t look right back in the 80’s. by uh