@philrmcknight's Journal, 20 June 2020

If you live in a city that has a Pier One Imports or a World Market They carry most of the brands I see in the picture. I buy it at both places and it’s pretty cheap 

Hi, Kenna, thanks for the tip, I'll have to check them out if there's still a Pier One in Lufkin. I'm burning some Super Hit, great scent. Do you have a favorite? 

Phil.tx— I have been using incense since my hippie days. I’m always and forever hooked on Nag Champagne, patchouli and the usual suspects. My favorite is one that I don’t even know what it is. My next door neighbors are of East Indian origins and they have a couple of special blends made and shipped to them and they always give me some. Here in So California white sage grows wild. I learned from some of my American Indian friends up at my Ranch in the Sequoias how to harvest and process the sage for smudge sticks. I also like purple canyon sage. A year or so ago I came across a company on the Internet called SEA WITCH BOTANICALS.I love their WHITE LODGE AND KRAMPAS. Lots of internet sources as you know already.  

I'm totally enamored with the Tree of Life that Satya makes exclusively for R.Expo, the one in the orange box with a tree on it, it's a sandalwood, but they put something extra in there that's just divine. I've burned incense since I was in my twenties but stopped for a long time because it bothers my wife. I recently started burning again, but keep it away from her when I do. I'm going to get some Shroff the next time I order some, and might try some Japanese incense, but I've never been impressed with the Japanese ones I've tried before. I like sage, copal, and palo santo, but I've really been wanting to grind my own blend out of sugarberry wood, it's got a sweet note that really belongs in incense.  

Ooo sounds great - memories. Another thing on my online shopping list! 

Hurry if it’s pier one, they’ve filed for chapter 13. So sad. 

It's sad to see so many companies fold, it's been an ongoing issue since NAFTA.