Shel Graves' Sensorium

This is my usual writer's journal to keep track of the senses and not part of the Space Explorer 365 story (365 words of story for 365 days from March 20, 2016 to March 19, 2017) ... Taste: lime, coconut, blueberry, ginger Sight: a pink gorilla suit; lakeside summer sunset; Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in Beach Party Sound: children's laughter Smell: smoke Touch: sleek fur, a rumbling cat Extra: exoplanets - a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system Grateful for: women in space

This is my usual writer's journal to keep track of the senses and not part of the Space Explorer 365 story (365 words of story for 365 days from March 20, 2016 to March 19, 2017) ... Taste: canonau; frozen raspberries Sight: the light of the full moon - so bright you cannot sleep; sleeping in darkness - blackout curtains; black, red, gold; a white lit tree on stage Sound: the blender Smell: lilac-scented soap Touch: summer sun; bouncing, bounding hips Extra: the light of the full moon; speaking your political mind; tree symbolism; the weight of years Grateful for:  weddings, bunnies, summer

This is my usual writer's journal to keep track of the senses and not part of the Space Explorer 365 story (365 words of story for 365 days from March 20, 2016 to March 19, 2017) ... Taste: rhubarb; Sardian wine; Aglianicone Sight: blue sky; a cow by the hill; four otters; a seal head above the ocean Sound: eskarina Smell: wild rose; burnt cream Touch: dance church - touching shoulders, holding hands; a salt-specked chin; running over a bridge; a scraped shoulder, scraped knees Extra: "Getting the truth to this person...that they desperately need is essentially a kamikaze mission...Do I care about this person enough that I will, by telling them what I know they need, essentially write myself out of their life if they don't hear me...I know there's a problem but he is so his place where there is not a problem that speaking that truth is probably not going to work and so the result will be estranged. And that's where other people around you end up not...