Ø. Winston’s Catch & Release

    This is not a blog post but an effort to defray expenses for Winston’s tuition at the world-renowned Daisy Hill Puppy School.*  As you may recall, just before Christmas I lost my 16 year companion Cozy Dog (named after the famous Route 66 corn dog stand). Winston Toodle Toots was already on the

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502. International PETERSON *um* Pipe Smoking Day 2026.

Banner photo by Lee Skiver   Greetings, Pete Geeks and pipe smokers across the globe! The IPSD 2026 Challenge this year was a simple one with far-reaching implications: How does your Peterson pipe bring you peace or help you be a peace-maker? Every one of the responses below is worth spending some slow time with,

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501. The South India Pipe Club

psa International Peterson (er, Pipe) Smoking Day is Friday! See below for details Have you ever thought about how easy it is to break something up and how hard it is to put something together? I volunteer as a groundskeeper at St. Melba’s Green, a prayer garden in my community, and this morning my job

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500. Pollination and Other Pipe Smoking Phenomena

Nollaig Shona Duit! Merry Christmas! In October at the Texas Pipe Show, a vaguely familiar man came up to our table, beamed down at me and said, “I bet you don’t remember me!” But after a minute, I did.  I hadn’t seen Bob Tot since we graduated at the University of Tulsa together in 1980,

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