Name: Plasencia Alma Del Fuego Toro
Country: Nicaragua
Shape: Box-Pressed
Size: Toro (6 inches x 54)
Strength: Medium to Full
Here’s a cigar that can keep you company for a couple of hours while you read a philosophy book or play a game of chess.
The Plasencia Alma Del Fuego has a good, firm draw, and it burns slowly and evenly. Drinks I like to pair it with are green tea, espresso, spiced rum, and just about any 12-year-old blended Scotch.
Name: Liberation by Hamlet
Country: Nicaragua
Shape: Figurado
Size: Gordo (6 1/2 inches x 55)
Strength: Medium
I lit this Liberation by Hamlet cigar on Easter Sunday while starting the charcoal grill. Overall, it was a good stick, though I expected it to be a little spicier. I paired the first third with a glass of Johnnie Walker Black Label, the second third with a Heineken, and the last third with a delicious Lebanese arak I’m becoming a fan of — Arak Farid. I got notes of hazelnut, coffee, earth, and some hints of pepper.
Name: Casa Turrent 1880 Claro Double Robusto
Country: Mexico
Shape: Parejo
Size: Gordo (6 1/2 inches x 55)
Strength: Mild
Lately, I’ve been mentally tired but physically energetic. For that reason, I may not be able to rigorously explain what I’m going through. In fact, I can argue that I have been dealing with a brain fog for years. The amount of alcohol I consume could be one of the causes. But that’s a story for another day. The good news is that I’m still able to read ‘heavy’ books and understand them.
On the other hand, ever since we entered spring and the sun started to shine, I’ve been feeling, as I mentioned above, physically energetic. I have the urge to build and restore things, to carry things from one place to another, to use an axe and a hammer, to do push-ups and sit-ups, to organize and reorganize my books, to paint walls and canvases, to build campfires and grill meat, and more…
I was proud of myself this week when I somewhat restored a vintage (could also be an antique) Singer sewing machine. What I did was simple but time consuming. I removed the rust using anti-rust oil, painted the steel parts of the table, and sprayed lacquer on the wood. I did not touch the actual sewing machine, however. I only wiped the dust off it. After that, I put the pieces together with my father-in-law… and there you go.
The serial number of this Singer machine is Y7454520, so it’s pretty old. I did a quick research, and it looks like it was manufactured in 1930. It belonged to my wife’s grandfather. It now sits in our apartment under the stairs, somewhere everyone who visits our home can see.
(Of course, when the work was done, I celebrated with a cigar.)
Bored Absurdist 