If there exists a more
vital scent than that of prairie sagebrush in the after-rain, I don’t know
it. The scent is pervasive and sharp in
the same way the call of a western meadowlark is pervasive and sharp. Sage from end to end. Standing just outside my house, I draw in sage-scented
air, exhale.
The front door is
half-open behind me.
We have needed rain. Here in the rain shadow, we almost always
need rain.
As I stand outside,
drawing in fresh air, 20 pounds of housecat pads out the half open door to join
me. The cat rubs his cheek and flank
against my leg.
Love.
He looks up. I look down.
“Good morning,” I say. “We have another week ahead of us. I hope you are ready.”
--Mitchell
Hegman
Is there a bottled sage brush scent in the same way there is a bottled chocolate scent that you can spray on your wrist? Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteIf not...there should be such!
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