Sniffing the Air

[rejectomorph]

The smell of midsummer is here. The day is redolent of ripe leaves and desiccated grasses, decayed flowers and dried earth, and pine resin. There are probably some deer droppings in there, too, but I can't pick them out. Altogether, it is a sweet smell, with pungent overtones. In the evening, it will be supplemented by the smell of dinners cooking, and then by the dampness rising from sprinkled lawns in the cool hour before sunset. Blindfolded, I might be able to tell the time of day by the scent of the air.

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I think that Juno may be hoarding my e-mail again. Not a single thing today, not even spam. There's always spam!

Comments

[psychedsunshine.livejournal.com]

sometimes i wish you were here in my country. you will enjoy it. but not the cities the rural areas.

what do you for a living? you are always so impersonal its difficult to tell.

[rejectomorph]

I think I probably would enjoy India, including the cities- I lived in Los Angeles most of my life, so I can become acustomed to just about any city- but I would probably like the older parts of the cities better than the newer ones. And, I would certainly like to see tigers! (I'm not so sure about snakes.)

Currently, I don't do anything but look after my aged parents, which is a full-time job in itself, and I'm the only person in the family who is available for it.

[psychedsunshine.livejournal.com]

you sound amazingly caring when you say that! taking care of your parents and leaving everything else, was something we expected kids to do in India, and in your culture, it does not seem to fit in! don't worry things will be okay. but tell me where will your life be few years down the line? who will take care of you when you will be sick and older?
sorry if i sound harsh.....

but i still do find you great if you are actually taking care of them for no selfish reasons of yours. sorry but world has turned out to be a selfish place that such an act seems out of place. i still would admire you! do whats right and the rest will follow.

[psychedsunshine.livejournal.com]

yes you would enjoy india. and maybe you will like my city too, even though its crowded, as we have some amazing old part of the city restored and right there to enjoy.