The peppery smell of California bay laurel leaves will always remind me of where I grew up in Northern California. We didnβt have fireflies there but we do here in Michigan. We avoid herbicides and pesticides so weβll keep seeing them. And my favorite symbol has to be the one in the title of Gravityβs Rainbow. π π
thanks for the mention! i loved your discussion of fireflies here. for me, i have this really visceral memory of my mother's linen closet. she dried all our sheets and towels on a line in the backyard and it imparted the most delirious fresh scent. i would hide in the linen closet as a kid just to breathe it in.
Yes! I loved that smellβso refreshing! Crisp. Did she also dry bath towels outside? Or jeans? I always hated when those were dried on the line because they were stiff.π
oh no, line dried towels and denim are terrible! maybe she did the bath mats? I remember dishtowels specifically because they looked like flags on the line.
Thanks for the shoutout, CB!
The peppery smell of California bay laurel leaves will always remind me of where I grew up in Northern California. We didnβt have fireflies there but we do here in Michigan. We avoid herbicides and pesticides so weβll keep seeing them. And my favorite symbol has to be the one in the title of Gravityβs Rainbow. π π
Thank you!
My grandfather's pipes! I keep them in the office where I write. I'll smell the bowl when I want to go back in time for a moment.
What memory is the strongest when you take a whiff?
Thanks for the shoutout and congratulations for your fiction debut π.
Thanks, Claudia!
thanks for the mention! i loved your discussion of fireflies here. for me, i have this really visceral memory of my mother's linen closet. she dried all our sheets and towels on a line in the backyard and it imparted the most delirious fresh scent. i would hide in the linen closet as a kid just to breathe it in.
Yes! I loved that smellβso refreshing! Crisp. Did she also dry bath towels outside? Or jeans? I always hated when those were dried on the line because they were stiff.π
oh no, line dried towels and denim are terrible! maybe she did the bath mats? I remember dishtowels specifically because they looked like flags on the line.
Thank you! β€οΈ