Today's post will be short and to the point.... almost Hemingwayesque:

Friday: I did have a wonderful afternoon visiting the pipe shoppe with my father-in-law and indulging in our briar hobby. Afterwards, we both enjoyed a few very stiff drinks and relaxed, snoozed, talked, and smoked our pipes for the rest of the afternoon.

Saturday & Sunday: Nothing special to report. Utterly average days.... nothing noteworthy in either a positive or a negative sense. Calming.

Monday: I have come with a horrid case of laryngitis and an upper repsiratory infection. My doctor says it appears to the the common variety around these parts this season. He suggests I likely acquired said bacteria from a student. I am on heavy antibiotics and an expectorant. My voice sounds like I could play the role of virtually any gangster/mobster in the "Godfather" series of films.

Enough for now,

PipeTobacco