the next nine. (thanks again to cynthia lee. find her on patreon and give her $3)
SMELL. a mix of what is here, and what i like, and what i remember.
- I made popcorn this morning to satisfy the ‘special snack’ for the ‘christmas snack bag’ broohaha for the youngest. I made the popcorn with a large amount of frustration and resentment. I think I am too tired, and I don’t entirely get it. although the dog woke me up at three to go outside. its just 9:30 in the morning and i’m tired. i’ve got to go to the grocery store soon and i’m tired, just so tired. the kitchen still smells of popcorn.
- i wrote today about my dad’s holiday pants. a great wool plaid that i remember so vividly, from the church fairs and the dinner parties of my early childhood. early childhood. before i was ten. there is a legend of the day i grabbed the car salesman’s legs, and clung, because he was wearing those pants and i thought it was my dad. a legend. a story forged, melted and solidified. i can still smell those pants. i miss my dad.
- i brushed my daughter’s hair before the popcorn mood fizzle. i brush it almost every day. she’s got strawberry red though she believes its blond, always uses yellow crayons to make her hair. i can’t really understand the willfull misstake, but i am here to tell you how good it smells, her hair. perpetually clean, fresh, makes me think of princesses and lacy doilies.
- the crisp crunch of snow. its a smell. it really is. its a blue smell. i can’t say anything more about it.
- libraries. i don’t know how it is that they all smell the same, but they do. paper, pragmatism, age.
- the radiator next to me smells of warmth. literal heat in waves to my nose. substantial. warm metal. huh. so much in there.
- the chicken coop smells like a chicken coop should. but its a reminder in all this warmth, there is a hell of a lot of shit.
- the lotion i’ve started putting on my face at night. i’m a little incredulous that i’ve developed, or have started to develop, a routine of pampering. i rub this yummy smell into my face and i just feel a tiny bit of delight about it. and my daughter told me i smelled good yesterday. because of my face. tiny delights.
- bacon. because really, this had to be bookended by the two best scents in the world, popcorn and bacon. bacon is the only thing that makes me pity vegans and vegetarians. otherwise, they’ve got the right of it. but still. bacon. sigh.
yeah, weight watchers is going well. (hysterical laughing/sobbing)
love love love,
-uwmofo
Need to know the brand/type of face lotion you use. 😁