Sunday Morning Smoke

[TobaccoRoad]

I pulled out a San Cristobal de la Habana El Principe this morning intending to review it for the Most Valuable Vitola contest but half-way through decided against it. Instead I let my mind wander in the midst of that mildly euphoric state of relaxation only obtained through the inhalation of nicotine.

It was a beautiful spring morning here in the Southern US. 72 degrees, a light breeze blowing, sun light filtering through the Willow Oak trees. I was watching the Eastern Blue birds fight over the prime nesting spot hollowed in the side of an old fence post that has been home to generations of blue birds in my yard. The robins digging worms to take back to their chicks. The squirrels hopping around trying to remember just where they buried those pecans last fall. Laughed at a Mockingbird who scolded me every time I got near her nest in an Azalea bush. Enjoyed the intoxicating citrus and jasmine aroma of our Mock Orange bush in full bloom. I was experiencing all of these miracles of life and existence too intensely to find the concentration to review a cigar. 

There have been many long threads concerning the future of Cuban cigars and our ability to continue to obtain them. Who knows what the future brings? Right now I am just going to focus on being grateful for the ones that I do have. I intend to enjoy every single one I smoke and enjoy every single day to the fullest.

Nicotine is a wonderful drug...

[RDB]

Very nicely put. It is a lovely drug: no one ever started a fight or crashed a car because of it. And every now and then it brings the relaxed, meditative, appreciative state that reflects the best in us.

[PigFish]

Neither nicotine, nor inhaling cigar smoke is my thing, but I like the perspective piece, the simplicity and the fact that you shared the experience!

Cheers! -Piggy

[SCgarman]

Definitely enjoy the cigars that you do have and enjoy them now, not next year. The untimely death of a few well known members here should tell us all that tomorrow is not guaranteed. Neither is a year from now when that young box you purchased may start to become smokeable. Food for thought!

[Paladin865]

Cigars for me are a relaxation, a peace, a break from the stress and chaos of every day life.