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Sensorium Saturday: The City of Angels in horror

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: maccachino; hot maca; rich Chateau du Vampire; green tea cake; cauliflower tacos; Dr. Jekyll's Bio Beer Sight: the Santa Monica Pier; Guillermo del Toro's books; Eyvind Earle Landscapes, 1970-96 Sound: Tactical Sekt; Ivardensphere; traveling by bus; a Serbian accent Smell: forests; autumn leaves; rainfall Touch: vibration, bass Extra: "They blow the souls of the trees about the sky like clouds." — Algernon Blackwood, The Man Whom the Trees Loved   "When a novel gets going and finds its necessary course, its momentum carries me along like a boat on a river. If I’m the writer, I’m the pilot, steering the craft the best I can; but I’m also free, because I’m carried by the power and following the way of the water." — Ursula K. Le Guin in Publishers Weekl...

Sensorium Saturday: Encouragement from a Toilet Paper Dispenser

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:  Wintergreen Lifesavers Sight: Scott Paul; Baker Butte trail; sun rising over the mountain; Ponderosa Pines Sound: Icicle Creek; ritual noise Smell:  anise and wintergreen; verbena Touch:  running 26.2 miles Extra: snakes, octopus, giant iguana Grateful for: Oregon Spring tomatoes