Writing Exercise 2-19 Smell of Leaves

Write six ways to describe the smell of leaves

1. they smell clean, like sun-dried, wind-blown laundry
2. they smell like the earth, pungent
3. they smell spicy like they’ve been roasted on their spikey stems
4. they smell like my childhood
5. they smell like sweet wood
6. Their smell is male
   

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Quote of the Day: They were Southern boys and they knew how to make a story sizzle when it hit the fat. Pat Conroy "Beach Music"
Chosen for it's descriptive and oh so southern bent. You can feel the twang.