Smells to Treasure

Our sense of smell can bring back more memories than sight, sound, touch, or taste. It can trigger emotions and remind us of good times, important moments and significant places. Smells can delight us, repel us, entice us or calm us. Everyone has memories of clean sheets and towels, and freshly washed clothes. Many can remember the scent of someone they love. We are often delighted by the smell of flowers, spring rains, or new leather. For a child, each breath can be a new smell. Each new place and experience can be forever locked in the memory with a scent.

Smells to Treasure is a book of precious memories, a chronicle of smells from a time past. It is a dedication to the comfort of a good meal, the excitement generated by scents of the earth, and the joy of holidays spent visiting Grandma’s house. It is a tribute to the happiness and safety of exploring the family farm and every part of that life. This book is a repository of memories of a simpler time, before life became so fast-paced and filled with heavy traffic, smart phones, and machinery. It is from an era when there was always something cooking on the old-timey wood stove and the scent of freshly baked bread and baked potatoes poured from the warming closets. It is a walk through the life of a young child who experienced so much by just breathing deeply.