The Cigar Life

 Sunday, September 28, 2025 Smoked a Hoyo Excalibur this afternoon. It lasted about 90 minutes.  Lovely afternoon. Listened to Chet Baker. 

 Saturday, June 28, 2025 Dale and I had Mike and Charisse over for dinner tonight. Mike brought over cigars, Plasencias, and we smoked them before dinner.  I'd never heard of this brand before and it was pretty amazing. 

 Pictures taken June 24, 2025 It's been nice sitting out in the yard with cigars and coffee. I'm looking forward to NOT going back to work in the fall.

 Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Lit up a Digger this afternoon and it was amazing.  Beautiful outside. It felt like a perfect summer evening.  For a cocktail i mixed up some Jack Daniels, orange juice, maple syrup, and topped it off with Bubly water. I was going for something in the vein of an Old Fashioned. Wasn't half bad. Dale joined me outside with some white wine. We both commented how gorgeous it felt outside.  Listened to Donna Summer. We started with the self titled Donna Summer . This album completely reminds me of the summer '82. It was the summer of my biker accident and when I was employed by Mom and Dad for housework. Dale didn't have the album but he remembered some of the songs. He had just moved to Minneapolis that February and was living at Cedar 94 and going to college at the U of M. 

Monday, June 16, 2025 Long day. Spent a good chunk of it in the emergency room with Mom. She's okay but will be in the hospital for a few days.  She's now got a diagnosis which is a huge relief. I didn't get home from the hospital until about 7:30 p.m. Dale and I were both starving and went to The Lowbrow for dinner. I had a couple Old Fashioneds and then a Macanudo when we got home.  Today marks the end of the first full week of the rest of my life. I'm getting out of full time teaching and my last day was a week ago. It would be an understatement that I'm really excited.                                  

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Lighting up a Hoyo. Great fucking cigar. I'm feeling a level of relaxation on my first day off that I usually don't feel for a week into my summer break.