Shel Graves' Sensorium

Sound: wind, rain, ocean  Smell: dahlias  Touch: glass cups and stems  Extra: reading in a well-tended garden on a sunny summer afternoon before a wedding party A jolt of joy:  a well-crafted line  Grateful for: friends and love, love and friends

Sound: cello  Smell: pine  Sight: Lily on Sam’s lap getting skritches, Lily getting ear skritches from Sam  Touch: clean fur  Extra: fleeing in nightmares  Grateful for: electricity

Taste: pavlova; mezcal  Smell: cloying florals; smoke  Sight: lights at night; apocalyptic sun  Touch: melty—sweaty, bodies, in mouth  Extra: beautifully bound hardback books; magical aquafaba  Grateful for: books

Taste: ice cream with sprinkles; Nordic Fire with hellfire tincture  Smell: cedar, juniper, lime  Sound: Us the Duo, Shake it Off Sight: moss covered trees, sunlight through trees; a yellow-filtered light  Touch:  pets Extra: sarcoma  Grateful for: friends; clearing retrieve