The Cigar Life

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 St. Joseph's Day cigar in the garage after school. Dinner of leftover ziti and then Dove bars for dessert. Day to wear some red. 

Saturday, December 31, 2022 Dale and I went over to Mike and Charisse's house for fondue tonight. We were home by about 10:30 which gave me a chance to squeeze in one more cigar in 2022.  Trying to celebrate what went well this year and let go of what didn't.  By the way, the count this year was 150. Here's to 2023. Magic number: 150

Saturday, July 3, 2022 Smoked a Romeo y Julieta this afternoon and although I've smoked a number of these before and like them, this one, for some reason was a little bitter for my taste. It was passable but not my best experience with this brand. Had a nice Zoom call with Mom, Dale, Sam and his family. We had a really great conversation about some family history that's come out of the genealogy work I've been doing recently. I think it was interesting and meaningful for everyone which completely delights me. I'm hoping knowing and talking about our shared history will bring all of us closer together.  I'm still reminiscing about cigars during the summer of 1982 and some of the music I was listening to at the time. I remember the first time I heard "Gloria" by Laura Branigan. I had my Sony Walkman (the one Dad had given me about a month earlier during my 10-day stay in the hospital as I recovered from a bicycle accident) radio on as I was finishing mowing ...