The Cigar Life

 Sunday, May 17, 2026 Lighting up is its own little event.  And an Old Fashioned earlier today at brunch. 

 

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. 

  Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Lit up a Camacho as my first cigar of 2025. I'm still on Christmas vacation for the rest of this week.  Quite chilly outside. It's only in the teens.   Lasted about 40 minutes outside. Wasn't quite finished with the cigar.  Here's to 2025. 

Tuesday, December 24, 2024 Dale and I are in Arizona for Christmas to help out with care of his parents.                        Poured some bourbon and lit up a cigar on Christmas Eve Day.  The weather was gorgeous.    And it was fun to hang out by the pool.

 Friday, November 15, 2024 Yep, another long week. Still dealing with the aftermath of the election and STILL dealing with the effects of that damn time change. This morning was the first time in the last two weeks that I wasn't up before 5 am. I don't remember it ever taking this long to adjust.                         Left work to walk home at 3:30 and the sun was already quite low in the sky. Wanted to be home by 4:00 so I could light up and still have some daylight for a cigar. I took the above photo right at 4 pm and you can sense of how low the sun is.  Lit up a Camacho which is pretty much my favorite now.  Felt good to relax amidst the waning light.  Dale left for a bike ride shortly after I lit up.  I had forgotten to bring out the Bose speaker so I had him do that for me before he departed. Full moon today and the lead up to it at school has been very apparent based on the energy level th...