Guest blog

I hope everyone is staying cool, yet enjoying their summer and play time in! I wanted to invite you over to www.crossrivermedia.blogspot.com to see my latest post. Today, CrossRiver invited me to guest blog for their readers! Please feel free to share with your friends on Facebook or tweet about it!
Have a wonderful safe weekend!

Blessed and greatful,

Crystal

Scents and sense

On I-70 he rolls the window down. Hot asphalt mixed with diesel swirls and dances with the bought air inside. Like Pavlov's dog, my response is classically conditioned. My shoulders relax, the heat waves radiating off the pavement ripples into my memories of the Mediterranean Sea, and I no longer co-pilot my Honda, but see the architecture of old that exists thousands of miles across the ocean. Missouri sounds no longer heard, but sounds of laughter, splashing and the occasional moped and the boats out at sea lull my thoughts.
"is that weird?" I ask.
"what?"
"mmm... That smell. Is it weird for me to like that smell? Do you ever get transported somewhere just by a scent?"
"sure," he says flatly, the interest of a deflated balloon.
No matter, I was there, ten years later a scent could still take me to a country that was my home for four weeks. One sense-smell-could revive all my senses. I can taste the gazpacho and paella, the fresh produce drizzled with olive oil, see the gothic architecture, and feel the air of the sea and sun mix on my skin.

Where do your scents and senses take you?