Romancing The Smoke is John Aaron's blog about his lifelong battle to quit smoking (which he did more than nine years ago) and the stories, history and news in the absurd world of Tobacco and Nicotine. Author of Romancing The Smoke: Reflections of a Nicotine Addict, John illustrated writer Sean Daly's memoir and completed his second book, Aaron's Book of Contemporary Demons. Romancing The Smoke can be found on Amazon.
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Saturday, February 28, 2015
From Memory: Dad in 1969...
I did this painting from memory of my dad when he smoked. He lost some of his nose and cheek to skin cancer. The big C overwhelmed him and he died in 1972. This piece took me all month to get up the courage to finish it today.
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