The Cigar Life

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Had my good friend Mike over a couple weeks ago or so. It was great to see him. Love lighting up and having a cigar together. Above photos are from that night. We each smoked a Romeo y Julieta. Tonight I had the same kind of cigar. I've been back at work for a week now to get my classroom set up and I'm trying to enjoy the pleasant temperatures while they last. We still have a number of nice days ahead but eventually they'll start to become fewer and farther between. Not that colder weather has kept me from smoking cigars outside. No time like the present though. Dale came out with some wine to sit with me. He's been on vacation from work and goes back the day after tomorrow.  Although I'm back at work I won't have students until Tuesday of next week. We talked of retirement which is on the horizon and are looking forward to new possibilities.  Had Orville on the Bose.  Like I said, the weather was very pleasant. 

Sunday, August 7, 2022 From the article More Than a Cigar by Evan J. Elkin as appearing in Cigar Aficionado in the Winter 94/95 issue: "When Sigmund Freud's nephew Harry declined a cigar at age 17, his illustrious uncle started as if thunderstruck. He paused and then, weighing his words carefully, admonished Harry: "My boy, smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you." (Freud: A Life for Our Time. Peter Gay, 1989, Anchor Books/Doubleday.) For Freud, the decision not to smoke was surprising, even illogical. Indeed, one can hardly think of Freud, father of psychoanalysis, without thinking of cigars. He was seldom photographed without a cigar in his hand, which is no surprise, since he typically smoked 20 per day. As he wrote, analyzed patients and took his daily walks, Freud smoked continually." https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/more-than-a-cigar-6051 Wow. Twenty a d

 10 Things Every Cigar Smoker Should Know by Gregory Mottola from Inside the NFL, Sept./Oct. 2017 appearing in Cigar Aficionado Magazine Click on the link below for the article: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/10-things-every-cigar-smoker-should-know-19531