Today I’m writing to the prompt “smell” from Linda G. Hill as part of her Stream of Consciousness Saturday series. It may be rambling, so apologies in advance!
When I think of smell, I automatically think of the aroma of food cooking. A memory just triggered for me, a memory from childhood.
I recall waking up one morning, entirely on my own, so it must have been a weekend. I was never an early riser, and had to be woken for school. I remember that the house smelled strange. Not bad strange, just unusual.
At first I couldn’t quite figure out what it was, but then, as the sleep cleared away and my senses began to sharpen, I puzzled it out. The aroma was meat cooking. My mother had a roast in the oven at that early hour and it filled the house with its rich, robust aroma. It was such a strange smell for first thing in the morning.
What a small thing to carry around in my memory for so many years.
May 27, 2017 at 7:33 am
that’s my first thought too when I hear the word smell ;o))) but it’s not meat it’s the smell of christmas cookies… well that makes not much sense in summer I know LOL
May 27, 2017 at 8:36 am
Mmm, sounds delicious. Chocolate chip are my favorite cookies, yummy.
May 27, 2017 at 4:22 pm
That’s a good one to carry though. 🙂
May 28, 2017 at 4:46 pm
Thanks
May 27, 2017 at 7:30 pm
It’s amazing how we can hold on to a scent in our minds for so long…
May 28, 2017 at 4:48 pm
I heard somewhere that sense of smell is the strongest trigger to memory, but I don’t know about that. 🙂