• Mood: mellow
• Music: Esperanza Spalding—I Know You Know

CONJURING WITH SCENT, SPORTING WITH SYNONYMS

• Mellifluous scent of clipped grass rising sweetly to the nose
  
  
• Deep pans swollen with rising, golden bread, heat waves shimmering above, the buttery smell of baking bread
  
  
• Steam-scented burn-smelling air around a bonfire at night
  
  
• Unexpected whiffs of lilac passing on an early evening summer breeze
  
  
• Sharp citrus scent of clementines scouring the nose, setting the teeth and the inside of your mouth to tingling
  
  
• The clean honeyed odor of a child's freshly shampooed and towel-dried hair
  
  
• Delightful perfume of almond rising from an open bottle of essence
  
  
• Lily of the valley's pleasing and dulcet fragrance
  
  
• Yeasty delight of your own skin's freshness, a hint of salt; the temptation to gently bite down
  
  
• Alluring incense of cinnamon buns and apple pie
  
  

More Things I Am Loving Right Now: the separate anticipations of sushi and strawberries, the books I am reading, the music I am obsessed with at the moment, new discoveries, the blessing of perfect weather, cat-sitting despite the all night miaow concert, using words like mellifluous, being asked questions I know how to answer, the beauty and pain of this, the wry chuckles engendered by this, feeling like I have the project load at work under control for once, looking forward to time off.

Cracking Me Up: One of the R&D engineers at work today, seen in the cafeteria, wearing a black t-shirt with the printed directions: Keep out of direct sunlight.

Bonny Bundles of Belated Birthday Wishes to anniz!