The nose knows, and remembers.
“Smells could bring a person back clearer than pictures even could.” —Anne Tyler, Breathing Lessons
It’s a warm day in the Roaring Fork Valley—30 F with a Winter Storm Watch, and Mt Sopris looks like me, lots of white on top.
The pines, across the road in the national forest, send their messages to me. Smells outdo pictures, for some, and sometimes that’s all we have. For some, that’s how they see. Revising the manuscript clogs me up and I took a wal…
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