I've been trying to write a post on giving up something for Lent, but I am still working on it.  Smoking is something I've given up a number of times. Here, Laura Rodley captures why it attracts, rather than repels.   Smoking My father’s brand Pall Malls, hands off steering wheel to light his, then flick off searing leaves that stuck to his lip, happened each trip sixty miles per hour, I worried we’d flip   over, he contentedly pressed the … [Read more...]