Yesterday was not, suffice to say, the most productive day in Smokingpipes.com history. In fact, the greatest productivity of all was likely that achieved by Adam, which he manifested in the form of cooking and preparing a 20+ pound turkey. This very bird itself, along with the accompanying array of side dishes and desserts, as you may already suspect, was the primary cause of this sudden pre-holiday slump; we spent much of the morning watching and waiting and salivating, midday feasting, and the afternoon and evening struggling to merely remain conscious. To be honest, I'm still not sure we've entirely recovered, though that may simply be the result of a kitchen and refrigerator which are still filled with a thousand-and-one varieties of seductively rich foodstuffs, against which even a continuous flow of strong, black coffee seems to be no match. Hopefully you'll pardon that this introduction is so brief - but, to be honest, at this point I can barely muster the energy to do much more than contemplate whether or not my keyboard might serve comfortably as a pillow.

However! Fortunately enough, today's update was planned out and taken care of before yesterday's culinary cavalcade, so we do, nonetheless, have plenty in store: batches of Stanwells, Petersons, Savinellis, and Ascortis; artisanal briars by Jimmy Craig at Ashton, Randy Wiley, Poul Winslow, and Claudio Cavicchi; exceptional creations by Rad Davis, Kent Rasmussen, and Tonni Nielsen; and last but not least, a broad selection of estate briars.

Eric Squires: Copywriter