Driving home the other night, yes it is another communting discussion, I drove through a what I thought was fog but actually turned out to be wood smoke. From someones fireplace, thankfully it wasn’t from someone’s house burning. Though you would know if it were from a house burning due to the black smoke that a house fire produces, and the smell from a house fire is much different than the smell from a wood burner. The smell from a house fire is much more acrid. Bet you really wanted to know all of that, now, didn’t you?
Moving on.
As usually happens to me with smells or music, I was transported. Not physically, but mentally, back to the mid-80’s. Somewhere around ‘85. I lived in a small town in Michigan called St. Helen. Ok, so they actually spell it Saint Helen, but what the heck. This is where Charleton Heston was born. You know Charleton, he was the star in the movie “The Omega Man“. This was the original version of “I am Legend” that stars Will Smith. Who was not born in Saint Helen, Michigan. Enough history and movie facts.
When you live in northern michigan you usually have a wood burner. And when it is cold outside you can smell the wood burning every where. Strangely enough, it is to me a very comforting smell. A smell reminiscent of a Thomas Kinkaide painting. Brought back memories of driving through the snow going to friends house, seeing the snow on the ground, the lights in the windows of the houses, and smelling the wood smoke.
All from getting a whiff of wood smoke.
The mind is amazing.
Namaste.
