Weekly Prompt No. 20: Using Your Nose As A Guide

The olfactory sense is powerful, but often overlooked in favor of sight and sound. This week we'll add smell to our sensory experience of nature.

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My dearest reader,

Smell is thought to be the oldest mammalian sense. It hits deep into our brains and can trigger memories long forgotten. (Every time I smell eucalyptus, I’m right back at the bus stop in first grade feeling the heat roil up off the concrete sidewalk on a hot spring day.)

It’s also an efficient warning syste…