Ok, so this is probably going to be the most nonsensical, utterly worthless blog I have done yet. And BELIEVE me, I have had some real "winners". And by virtue of the state of our society, I fully expect it to be a huge success.
"What is this blog all about?" you ask. Just what is says, say I - city smells. More specifically, the smells of the greater Phoenix area, including Tempe, Mesa, Phoenix, and maybe even just a hint of Chandler, with a little Glendale sprinked in occasionally for spice. And more specifically than that, it is about those smells I experience on my almost-daily motorcycle rides into the heart of Phoenix from my lovely rental home in Mesa.
Now one could also ask "Why? Why would anyone blog about that?" To which I would answer simply - because I am compelled to. And what compelled me was not the fact that there are different smells I smell each day (duhhh!), but the incredible, and often unbelievable variety of smells; sometimes smells that catch me totally off guard, and even evoke memories of times gone by, as smells can often do.
For example, yesterday on my way home, I smelled the scent of vanilla candles - you know, like those ones you buy at the store to make your house smell good. Here among all the car exhaust, industrial pollutants and other pungent odors, I smelled vanilla candles. Whoda' thunk it?
Then today on the way in, I smelled a smell that I can only describe as a fabrication or manufacturing smell - sort of a chmically (yes, that's a word - I just wrote it, right? has to be...) smell, with a hint of maybe paint, glue and wood perhaps, or even plastic. Not burning plastic though - that is another smell that I have smelled before, but not today.
So tune in, won't you? To see what smells I smell each day, and perhaps even read some of my other fascinating thoughts - maybe even thoughts that are inspired by the smells I take in that day. They say 'don't forget to stop and smell the flowers', but I ask this - why do you have to stop, and why does it have to always be flowers?
"What is this blog all about?" you ask. Just what is says, say I - city smells. More specifically, the smells of the greater Phoenix area, including Tempe, Mesa, Phoenix, and maybe even just a hint of Chandler, with a little Glendale sprinked in occasionally for spice. And more specifically than that, it is about those smells I experience on my almost-daily motorcycle rides into the heart of Phoenix from my lovely rental home in Mesa.
Now one could also ask "Why? Why would anyone blog about that?" To which I would answer simply - because I am compelled to. And what compelled me was not the fact that there are different smells I smell each day (duhhh!), but the incredible, and often unbelievable variety of smells; sometimes smells that catch me totally off guard, and even evoke memories of times gone by, as smells can often do.
For example, yesterday on my way home, I smelled the scent of vanilla candles - you know, like those ones you buy at the store to make your house smell good. Here among all the car exhaust, industrial pollutants and other pungent odors, I smelled vanilla candles. Whoda' thunk it?
Then today on the way in, I smelled a smell that I can only describe as a fabrication or manufacturing smell - sort of a chmically (yes, that's a word - I just wrote it, right? has to be...) smell, with a hint of maybe paint, glue and wood perhaps, or even plastic. Not burning plastic though - that is another smell that I have smelled before, but not today.
So tune in, won't you? To see what smells I smell each day, and perhaps even read some of my other fascinating thoughts - maybe even thoughts that are inspired by the smells I take in that day. They say 'don't forget to stop and smell the flowers', but I ask this - why do you have to stop, and why does it have to always be flowers?
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