above: our old neighborhood bicycle repair man with his pipecigarettes 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 pleasure and 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 is new, and the other half has been passed down from my dad. hopefully i am old enough now to pull it off… it somehow didn’t look right back in the 80’s. by uh