It is a good truth that requires action on the part pf good men. Hiding in a field only ruins the lives of our children who will face an emboldened government.
I'm sad to see you not starting up the store again but I perfectly understand why. We have the same outlook on materialism, and simplicity of life. Less is more. Also, the less Uncle Sam sticks his nose in our business, the better... You are a gentleman and a scholar sir.
Hi from Sweden. As a new pipe smoker I have found you and your videos, not only extremely informative but also very entertaining and relaxing. Your way of presenting yourself, your accent, deep knowledge and etiquette is calming and very anti-anxiety. Please keep doing the videos. A lot of people love what you do!! //Jonas
As a fellow piper/college professor/farmer, I agree with pretty much everything you say in this video. I would love to see more info on the various pipe shops out there. 🤠 God bless
Good day to you sir, I usually don’t comment on videos but I just had to let you know that it’s nice to come across someone who finally speaks some sense on this World Wide Web. I fully agree with and believe in everything you have said. And I just wanted to say more power to you and I wish you and your family peace, happiness and of course balance. Also I am looking forward to see where you take the channel in the future. I always look forward to your video and thoughts
As a 27 year old and new pipe smoker myself, I have to say, you're a very wise man. Many of the things you have to say make me think, just in general of many different things and views on everything. I look forward to your videos when I'm enjoying a smoke in solitude as well. Subbed and liked.
Genuinely this has to be the best RU-vid channel I could’ve ever came across you’re exactly what I want to be like when I’m your age. Your sets and values, how you conduct yourself,your a real man. God bless you and your family and thank you for the knowledge that you share with all of us younger men who don’t have this kind of wisdom coming into our lives. 🙏
I agree with everything. Your videos have reached clear over here in the no longer free state of WA. I am a new pipe smoker and so are my friends now because of your videos. Please don't ever stop.
Sitting here on my porch, a summer/fall thunderstorm raining and making me feel relaxed, smoking my original MM Country Gentleman with my "house" blend. (I'll share the recipe anytime). Life moved far too fast for my first 55 years, I refuse to allow that anymore. I'm sad to see you give up a dream because of government overreach, but my hope is, that you'll continue to keep us in your circle of friends and confidants. Together we can live a simple and relaxed life. Bless you and the family. 🤠
Thank you for this video Alan. It’s a blessing every time you make one. I am self-employed and very much have the same sentiment. Many of the peers of mine see success as growing their business large enough to take over a small continent. I see success as Making just enough money to feed my family and not be burdened by financial trouble. On top of that being able to control my own schedule and only answer to myself, likewise regularly having a three day weekend. I have three boys and a beautiful wife, however my Time alone is sacred and mandatory for sanity. I do hope you keep making videos. It makes me feel reassured I’m not alone in my sentiments.
I agree with you. The struggle is we live in a world full of people and businesses that want to do nothing more than make every penny possible, save every penny possible, and work around the clock as much as absolutely possible. I have taken lower pay to work a job that allows me to be at home with my family and that limits my schedule to what used to be called normal business hours. Balance has been mostly lost in our culture and country. I pray the pendulum swings back one day for the sake of my children and their children and beyond. I have begun, in my late 40s, learning and returning to "the old ways". Enjoy your channel.
Well, I’m glad I was able to get 2 pipes from you when you did have the store up and running before you moved. My son and I were going to make a trip to South Carolina when you opened up the store. We were really looking forward to that, but I think everyone understands. Love your content, I always look forward to your videos. I hope all is well with you and your family.
You sir have found the dream. I'm an aspiring author who is striving to find a place like this to call home. to finally be able to live this life i have been alive for. God Bless
Please keep these great videos coming. Please. I have learned so much from you and want to keep that up. Either way God bless you and your family and mine as well and I'll see you in the next one!
I think this may be my first comment on RU-vid ever. I’d just like to say bravo sir. I could not agree more with what you said and i admire your integrity and honesty to stick to what is right, in principle and personally to you. From the UK, Oliver.
I greatly appreciated your video and the sentiments you expressed. It galls me that I essentially pay rent for the property I “own” via taxes for if not I would be “evicted”. One is even supposed to get a permit to cut a tree down. It’s insane. What a small business owner has to wade through in government nonsense is appalling. The taxes on tobacco is just the government's way of controlling our life just as banning smoking in parks and beaches. Thanks for your sentiments.
I started smoking a pipe on Aug 12, 2022 as I saw it was a hobby that George Bruno and yourself have invited me to enjoy. It is sad to see that you see where we are at in life. I am not enjoyed by many with smoking a pipe, but in this short time it has given me solitude in my life. Thank you. I am newly single and got two motorcycles and live on Norfolk, VA and traveled out to Johnson City and found a small deli tobacco store for pipes. Thank you for what you introduced me too as I was going to order some tobacco from you today if able so when I get back home, I might have a package. I understand with Gouverneur issues as I am a PT in the health field. My job is useless to my patients now as they have screwed us all for what they have done.
Dr. Harrelson you hit the nail on the head about the reasons and purpose of pipe smoking and I agree. Thank you I always enjoy a pipe several times a day to reflect, slow down and also I practice just my method.
Really enjoy your channel down here in the Lone Star State!! Currently sitting in the porch smoking my new Savinelli 122 with some coffee. Thanks for putting out the great content. It’s great being able to connect with people who are cut from tue same cloth. God bless and keep the videos coming.
Well said sir. I worked in law enforcement and look forward to a time where peace and balance will be possible on a day-to-day basis. I also smoke my pipe in my back yard near the wood line to seek peace and quiet, just to decompress even if it's on for an hour or so. Thanks again for the videos. Your videos are very enjoyable.
Isn't it just wonderful how you have SSRIs freely advertised on TV and acquired at your convenience, but a man trying to sell and enjoy quality tobacco is burdened with bureaucratic garbage. I appreciate your adherence to your principles. That is a hard trait to find these days. I too go to great pains to limit my interaction with Government.
Well I just finished smoking a great cigar & sipping a good bourbon with a friend overlooking the Colorado River Valley. Peace & simplicity are great! I have two estate pipes on order & can’t wait to start enjoying pipe smoking again after a 20 year hiatus. Keep your videos coming they are a great breath of fresh air in a stale country.👍😎
I completely understand your philosophy of the enjoyment of nature and what it so freely offers us no matter where we reside. I live in a small town and my dwelling is a comfortable small cottage. I have my designated places of solitude about my small yard that I can contemplate life while enjoying a bowl of the Leaf and read a good book! In a smaller way, I too have a contented existence! Thank you for your splendid videos! I tune in often to enjoy a bowl with you! Keep puffin'!
I am 27 and I am so glad to see another man that has the same mindset as me I live in the Tennessee Valley the house building has absolutely got out of hand clear cutting all the beautiful hardwoods that take 100 or more years to grow just because the market is good for it.. makes me almost cry to see it and money is not everything green paper that people chase and blow something has to change life is a blessing and we waste it starring at a time clock it’s a shame
Hey, my confrere! Blessing from Brazil... The pipesmoking here is growing up. We have a wide variety of blenders and good artist pipe makers as well. It's a pleasure to watch your videos and meditations. May God bless you and you family!
Keep it coming brother. You put out some excellent work here. Pipes and tobacco. Overall content is fantastic. You also bring on some great guests and speak well about what you want to get across. 👍🏼👍🏼
Discovering your video has been a turning point for me. I'm 28 and I had no idea people still wanted to live a slow, peaceful life. I feel like this modern society isn't for me and I hope some day I can buy a farm property in america.
After recently picking the pipe back up I discovered the YTPSC. I watched several of your videos and well you talked me into the Cornell and Diehl apricots and cream and the Cult Blood Moon Red, as well as my first Savenelli pipe. I went with the Arcobaleno 626 rusticated red. And for that I thank you it is a beautiful pipe and a wonderful smoking pipe. I enjoy the tobacco selections very much as well 👍👍 I still smoke 2 pipes that were my granddads and a Jobey 225 band. And my next addition will be a Thompson so thank you again and I truly enjou your content.
You just gained a subscriber, brother. How refreshing is it to see someone relaxing in the fresh, free air smoking a pipe. I very well can't do that in these parts of California where, the only surroundings consist of, buildings, houses, apartments, asphalt roads, loud tractor trailers, and sirens mellowed out with a few trees. God bless!
This is Fred. Excellent Video, I always look forward to hearing your perspective on Pipe Smoking, and life in general. Keep up the Excellent Work. Blessings, My Friend.
I understand your choices, they are the same I would choose. The Pipe Cottage business is an expression of how you live and think, your style and way of being. The business may cease to be, but “The Pipe Cottage” will continue to exist as long as you smoke a pipe and share something of that experience.
You enrich the community enough already doing your videos. Your word is worth just as much if not more than just selling pipes and tobacco. Talking about pipe smoking and its benefits helps to keep it from dying. We appreciate all you do. Have a great day!
Love to hear you talk. Your thoughts often match mine. A good friend lives in Glasgow, Kentucky. Beautiful state. We are a golden retriever family too. My father was a pipe smoker. He always had a pipe after supper and before bed in his easy chair. This was always accompanied by reading books. I remember he smoked Edgeworth which came in a big blue can.
I came here looking for a pipe video and ended up going to church. I mean that in the best way possible. I could definitely sit down and smoke a pipe with you sir, except I enjoy my pipe in solitude aswell. Best wishes to you and yours
So very glad i got my brothers some of your Pipe Starter kits. Best purchase i made. And my Peterson 264, which is still my favorite pipe! Great video.
As a old tobacco farmer from Vance co NC, I would have thought that land would have been red. That’s a good looking place you have there. I couldn’t agree with you more.
I am still fairly new to the pipe smoking hobby. And I am so glad I came across your channel. To listen to a down to earth gentleman. Come from washington state where the government tells me I can't order offline because they can't get their cut. I follow your sentiments on the government. Being from a small ag town with no decent pipe shops with in 100 miles, I get frustrated and discouraged trying to enjoy the hobby. But your video gives me encouragement and support to keep pushing on. Thank you
I agree with you on your convictions. I am 59 years old, about to turn 60 in another month and I have lived a full life with more to come. I have the experience to know what is important in life and what is nothing but fluff. I have raised my children, watched them have kids and instilled in them the importance of family, integrity and faith. You stick to your convictions sir, you are spot on with your thought process and your children need to see this from their Dad. Keep the faith and I appreciate your dedication and commitment to your values! Dave
Just found your channel and subscribed. Your words in this clip, resonate with me 100%. I'm one of only a few pipe smokers here in Australia, it is my hobby and lifestyle. I enjoy my Solitude also, it is definitely a Luxury here it cost $86 for a 30 gram pouch. I smoke a straight Falcon pipe I bought for my 18th birthday, I just turned 50. Also I have an old Peterson system 33. No dedicated pipe shop here and very limited choice of pipe tobacco. Peace always from Australia.
In my humble opinion, I think you made a wise decision there!... And, from a fellow pipe smoker in Virginia, I might add that your thoughtful commentary always seems to fill a void, my friend, and represents a refreshing "voice of reason" in this evermore chaotic world we live in. Also, as a member of the state recognized Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE that smoking a pipe IN NATURE can elevate that already peaceful experience to one of contemplation on a more "spiritual plane". In truth, you make me wish we were neighbors (and, honestly, that's about the best compliment I could ever give a man)!... Sitting with pipe, leisurely in hand, we would probably have much to discuss. For instance, I do believe that a TRULY representative government bears an important function in contract with the people (building roads, bridges, schools, disaster relief, etc.)... but, admittedly, without being overly burdensome on the population. However, MUCH depends on the INTEGRITY and CHARACTER of our elected officials - which is ON US CITIZENS to choose wisely!... Anyway, you also certainly touched upon a MAJOR ONGOING PROBLEM that seems epidemic in our society - namely "GREED"!... And, that reminds me of an interesting statement that I read somewhere about the dangers of modern "CAPITALISM & CONSUMERISM" run amok: "Consumerism encourages people to spend money they don't have, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't like!"... I'm thinking that's pretty good food for thought, huh?... Blessings and Peace, my Brother!
Alan, it is with a heavy heart that I hear you will not start the Pipe Cottage again. I understand your decision, I made much the same at one time in my life and retired ... and have a cabin overlooking the Northern Powell River Arm of Norris Lake ... where I will return to my pipes. I hope that you continue your channel providing us with you philosophy on life and your opinions on pipes and tobaccos.
Hello Dr. Harrelson, it's funny to see that where you are ( probably Kentucky ) the trees and landscape appear to be similar to the suburbs of NYC. LOL One other thing,I took your advise and I'm reading a book called Shilo written by Shelby Foote. It's an imaginative story about a Civil War battle that took place in Texas. It's a good book. Thank you I really enjoy your videos very much. I think I'll read others by Shelby Foote. Shelby Foote was one of the authors my Father spoke to me of.
Fantastic video and topic. I have a passion for pipe smoking and life balance. Would love to see new videos on this topic on the future please. In a hectic world where people are increasingly losing their balance, we need more content and encouragement like this. I 100% support you and am excited about you also shifting to doing videos that support the pipe tobacco community retailers. I look forward to your future content and appreciate all you do sir. You're an absolute gem in this pipe community.
I would like to Thank You for something you had said in another video that I watched about smoking the pipe. You mentioned "sipping" the pipe. I discovered for the first time, by accident, in my short smoking time that it is in the "sips" that you can TASTE the smoke of the tobacco. I was smoking some C&D Autumn Evening and just a small wisp a smoke made it into my mouth and I notice the "flavor" of the tobacco. Thank you so much for that 1 tip! Up until today I had been generating too much smoke to where it was overwhelming my mouth. But, From today on I will smoke differently in "sipping" my pipe and Tasting that tobacco.
I can completely understand and respect your thoughts on the matter. As time has gone on I've had a greater and greater desire to cultivate a more intentional life, especially considering the state of the world and societies penchant for instant gratification and constant connection through social media and the like. Also, that's part of the reason I love your channel, the contemplative nature of smoking a pipe.
Great video. Love the dogs, and I totally agree about where and when so to speak to smoke your pipe. Understand completely about why your not going to continue with the pipe cottage.
A man of firm resolve nary a few to find. Too many fickle souls bending knee to the whim of time and money. Balance is the only way today and forever. A firm pipe salute to you Fine Sir! A Fine Sir indeed! Cheers Cheers and indeed Respect to you!!! ✌😎🎸 Edit: said it before and I'll say it again you would be the PERFECT man to narrate/host a second part to Father the Flame. So as soon as I win a decent loto to produce the documentary in full I'll be knocking down your door no doubt!!! 🙂
The Pipe Cottage is a place of expression , reflection, and perception…… the pipe is your common thread to the masses. I always enjoy listening and reflecting on how your expression relates to me…and am I even aware enough to understand…… The pups certainly are enjoying the new property in it s purist form…. Perhaps you can tap into that and share it with your community….product reviews is only a fraction of what you can educate the community on
I’m from the blue state of WA where they won’t allow us to order tobacco online due to competition but will gladly build Amazon super centers that put small businesses out. Our government is without question filled with hypocrisy, avarice and stupidity. Thank you for speaking truth.
Alan, you simply said it all...Amen. We as a people constantly strive for more and more never taking the time for peace and solitude. True peace is not of this world but it come only from God. I truly appreciate your decision, you know the path God is leading you, and you have a peace in your heart for it. You are a great advocate and knowledge source for us pipe smokers and there is so many other was in which you can contribute to the hobby. There are a good number of strong and stable businesses to support the material side of pipe smoking. I think your place is to support the heart, soul and spirit of people to seek that same thing you do from smoking a pipe a relaxing peaceful spirit. I have a plaque on my study wall that has been a cornerstone of my life for a long time. It reads " When we put our problems in God's hands he put his Peace in our Hearts" Take care for Wisconsin, Gene A.
I couldn't agree with your thoughts more. I do hope you will continue your videos, I thoroughly enjoy them and learn greatly from them. I do understand completely. I am a fly fisherman, and tie my own flys. I enjoy it it brings me peace and "balance" as you say. Iwould not tie flies for sale for the same reason, that would destroy the peace and solitude of the whole affair. Deadlines, and orders of hundreds of dozens of flys. That would turn that which is enjoyable, into downright drudgery. Bah! I wish you God's blessings, peace and balance. Hope to see more from you soon.
Can you do a beginners video how to load and light the pipe and how to actually smoke the pipe. Thanks, just found your videos and have been enjoying watching them.
Hello Sir. I have just found your channel and you are a true inspiration my good man. I have ordered some of your recommendations from the US (I wish I could have gone through your store) as New Zealand is wholly against tobacco. When the tins arrive at customs I will expect to have to pay up to $500 NZ dollars in taxes. Talk about government interference. Keep doing what you are doing sir and God bless you and yours.
I’m reminded of Harry Chapin’s wise, cautionary, and meaningful words from his song “Mr. Tanner:” “Music was his life. It was not his livelihood.” I say “Good on you, Sir!” Many blessings your way from up north in Ohio :)
I have had to build a "psychological" wall between my retail strore, 40% of sales are tobacco related products, and my personal love of the pipe smoking hobby which has been a very important part of my lifestyle for over 50 years but like you I prefer the solitary pipe smoking experience, Our pipe club meets once a month here and I always enjoy that 3 to 4 hour camaraderie, but in general I prefer the time I take to contemplate and smoke my briar. My small retail store which supports me and my family is a natural pleasure to me, as apparently I was born with the "retail gene" but I do have to keep in mind it is a business. Balance is what it is all about, I try to keep the interaction with the government folks at a bare minimum. If the kin of regulations we have to put up with today had been in place when I first dove into the retail tobacco trade in 1974, I would not have participated.
Thanks so much for sharing! I personally have been finding the world, and life in general too fast paced and chaotic for me... More and more so! Having a pipe, aside from just the sheer enjoyment of the tobacco, gives me peace, time to think or read. I read a lot, and I mean actual physical books I hold in my hands! God bless you and your family!
I'm very sad to hear that you will not be restarting your store. I completely understand your feelings about the government interfering in your life. I have but one request, I have recently found your channel, I love all your videos and your eloquent way of speaking. Would you please make some more videos for beginners , I have only been a pipe smoker for a few years now and would love to understand some of the other types of pipe tobacco like flake and coin. If you could do a video on the preparation of those it would be much appreciated.
I wish you the best of luck! I’m familiar with you through your social media influence, so I’m sure you will continue to be successful in that sphere. I look forward to your upcoming videos.
It's hard to have life balance when you work 12 hours a day and have children, but just have to make it work Also please sir, keep your land in its natural beauty, there aren't many beautiful places left in this world, technology is taking it all away...being in Japan I can see this first hand
Love your video. I understand that you are interested in history and thought that maybe you could enlighten us on the history of cultivation of tobacco. As far as I know the first peoples to cultivate the tobacco plant were native Americans and they used it in a formal way for religious and medicinal purposes. I'd be interested to hear what you have to say on this topic. By the way, for myself and a lot of others we smoke for spiritual and mental health reasons as well.
