Friday, January 18, 2013

five-sense Friday

Gracious me, is life ever full these days. I feel like all I've been seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, and feeling boils down to paper and print: books and student essays and my own gradebook and slides and notes.

But life is rich in other ways as well. Apart from the pages and words, I've been

hearing: cellos on the radio, and my own piano practicing, and the squeaky sound of wet boots in the hall outside my office

smelling: the lotion my sweet mom gave me for Christmas, lingering in rooms I've left and returned to; coffee when Josh makes it some mornings; that sweet donut-coffee scent that wafts around the Tim Horton's in the basement of the Arts building when I walk past on my way to class

seeing: light lasting slightly longer in the evenings--dusk instead of dark on the ride home; candlelight every night; satisfyingly finished stacks of things

feeling: cold centered in my lower back in the car ride in; snow creeping up over the black flats I shouldn't have worn today; that deep-breath kind of relief that comes with a weekend when it isn't too full

tasting: apples and oranges; Asian takeout with large shards of garlic; cocoa mixed with coffee; later: pizza (always pizza)

2 comments:

  1. Candlelight every night? I love that! So glad you're giving yourself that gift!

    I WISH I could say "always pizza" too. Unfortunately it sticks to me too fondly to allow me to eat it often.

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    1. Ruth, the candlelight feels so necessary in these long evenings.

      Pizza is only always because I make it each Friday night and write these on Fridays! Thin whole-wheat crust, lots of tomato chunks, light on the cheese...it's practically health food! (wink)

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