Elbow grass stains
Confident tulips
Rubber ball kicks through blueberry bushes
Clicking pens to postcard pals
A Sicilian volcano
Bluebird timelapse
May’s April openings
Yellow books in yellow beds
Smell-O-Radio:
Sniff @ The WayPost
It's time again for me to unveil my nostrils and sniff and be sniffed by willing human mammals of NE Portland. Beginning tonight, I will be inviting strangers to join me in an olfactory exchange at The Waypost. This will happen every other Saturday from 5 to 7 pm for a few months.
More on this ongoing project HERE.
A list of Smells - Part 1
My mother's breath (soft, metallic, bitter, garlic), My father's breath (cinnamon gum and marlboros, weed), My sister Mary's breath (sweet, sour, salty), My sister Leah's breath (sweet, a little smoky), My dog Bridgett (fishy, like the woods, like a river), Sunburnt skin, oily hair, dried saliva on chewed end of a marker, a dusty blue rug, my dirty underwear, rocks in my mouth, rain on concrete, my piano teacher's house (corn silk, stew, eucalyptus), number two pencils, plastic doll head, my mother's perfume (dark, musty, floral), bouncy ball, homemade marinara, firewood, neighbor Ginny's rose bushes, raspberries off the bush, grandma's cedar sauna, The scary lady neighbor's candy bowl, minty toothpaste, bubble gum ice cream from Dolly Madison, Grandma Millie's rubbery swim cap, Bumpa's polyester pants, pissed in snowpants, a dead cat in the school yard, my neighbor Michael's lips (sweaty, sour, pennies), my dad's garage (smoke, gas, wood), my mom's sewing room (plastic, warm cotton, her perfume), Grandpa Ben's guitar, Grandma Dot's couch pillows (dust, synthetic laundry detergent, garlic), roma tomato plants, minty dental floss, fresh pizza, Atlantic brine, cotton candy, Grandpa Ben's breath (red wine), Grandma Dot's breath (saltines and coffee), baby sister Mary's dirty diapers, Bridgette's poop, trapper keeper, Grandpa Ben's books, eraser, finger paint, pencil shavings, rubber cement, horse hair, saddle, heated grass, coconut sunscreen, Dad's Jojoba shampoo, Mom's leather heals, Leah's beer breath, my vagina inside pants, sour socks, inky paper, dad's records (musty paper, leather), Uncle Ron's pipe tobacco, Aunt Nan's armpits, a pearl necklace I inserted into my friend's vagina, my schoolmate's hair (Suave), the crisper drawer, christmas candle, cherry lollipops, french fries from Friendly's, ski ball machine, tokens, a rubber chicken, blood in my mouth, leather roller skates, Aunt Katy's American Spirits, Doritos, peanut butter and jelly on white bread, smoky lazy-boy, plastic remote control, gasoline stained concrete, stale cat pee, Eternity from Calvin Klein, Palmolive, Tide, sheets on a clothesline, freshly chopped grass, dollar bills, Grandpa Ben's hat (dander, tobacco), oaky drawer insides, Barbie feet, My friend's vagina, sweaty winter gloves, Christmas tree, wooden pew, pages of the Bible, Metallic water fountain, crayola crayons, my mom's spanikopita, cherry blossoms, hydrangeas, dandelions, dirt, cat shit in the sand box, orange popsicles, trampoline springs, Kraft Mac and Cheese, split pea soup, toast, vomit, ginger ale, freshly washed pillowcase, windex, paper towels, rubber bathmat, Avon bubble bath, Monkey fur, reptilian shit, notebook paper, book fair, Little House on the Prairie, gym shorts, apple computer, aspen leaves, dry soil, pinecones, sweethearts, deviled eggs, vanilla lotion, Bogota's polluted air, oxen, new denim overalls, the bathroom in an airplane, barf bag.
