IMR powders. They have a singular distinct smell when fired. I recognize it instantly when I smell it. It smells like hunting to me, from my younger years.

The smell of the ocean after a rainstorm. I've been to the Pacific from San Diego up to Oregon, and the Atlantic from the Gulf all the way around Florida up through Maine. It smells like peace, to me.

When I was in my early 20's, I had a 19-year-old girlfriend who smelled and tasted like strawberries. She was kinky as hell. She HATED wearing panties, and loved wearing skirts. I will never forget her smell.


I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.