As I’ve written before, the power of smell to bring back memories is surprising and almost startling at times.
I was fixing a not-fixed-often-enough cup of tea, when I absently smelled the tea bag while waiting for the water to boil.
Little did I know that I created a time machine, and was whisked away to 1990 when my room was small and full of posters of Gulf War maps, military aircraft, and the schematic of a starship. I typed term papers (already written, mind you) for $5 per page in Word 2.0. I’d play the occasional game of F-117A Stealth Fighter, and would listen to my first set of CDs (12 for a dollar!) including The Cars Greatest Hits. “Drive” was my favorite song, for many reasons which I won’t go into now.
All the while, I was drinking my Earl Grey.
Times were simpler then, and these days I yearn for the simplicity of those times.
(Inspired by That Night, I hope this is the first of many posts during the month of November)
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