Pinyon pine smoke, Sirius' poop, and the DICK named Cheney:

I had an idea to make a fortune: import Pinyon pine chunks to the East Coast. The aromatic qualities of Pinyon pine are exquisite. I associate the smell with wealthy areas in Dallas, Texas. Summer smells, when the rich crank down the A/C and start a fire.

Dick Cheney’s well-fortified home in Highland Park (Euclid Ave) used to billow out high quality Pinyon pine smoke – the best. I know because my dog Sirius absolutely LOVED to poop in Cheney’s yard (‘course he got a Bill-Jac liver treat when he did), so I was there often. Cheney hated me (he growled at me once at the Starbuck’s at Highland Park Village), but all that went back to the Pentagon briefing room in 1991/92 (when I – a Vietnam air combat veteran - pinned him down on some little details on Iraq) and a sticker on my old Porsche 356 that he often saw in our neighborhood (Highland Park) in Dallas.

Anyway, I was skunked by Lowes. This winter Lowes is selling Pinyon pine chunks from New Mexico by the 1 CU FT bag - $9.98 (big bag, actually)! OK. I missed out. But I am now Lowes’ best customer for Pinyon pine. God, I love that smell. Smells like the Cheney home effluent in the richest Zip code in America: 75205 – ca. 1999!

Now, had I worked a bad PJ fire out West (Pinyon-Juniper), I might not like the smell so well. Who knows? But my fireplace now burns a chunk or two of Pinyon every week. Makes the neighbors know I KNOW how important the RIGHT smell is! Right? Or, Left? You be the judge!

Mac

FOR THE NEWBIES: DemoTex (Mac) is a photographer, fire lookout (USFS), and retired airline captain (MD-80 & B-737). DemoTex once worked for Kenny-Boy Lay as a Learjet and Lockheed JetStar-II pilot, and once flew George Bu$h II on said JetStar.