Shel Graves' Sensorium

Taste: wasabi Sound: laughter Smell: spicy seasoning; maple-scented hay Sight: bright game pieces Touch: hugs Intellect, ideas, and dreams: eminent mother-son Earthworm scientists Dorothy McKey-Fender and William Fender; extripated-root out and destroy completely; conscious anti-consumerism Grateful for: candles

Taste: jammy, peach jam Sound: crunching kibble; sonic barking  Smell:  patchouli Sight: green trees and blue sky  Touch: a soak in a bath; jammy Intellect, ideas, and dreams: cryptobiotic soil, hidden life  Grateful for: opportunities, hope. poetry, writing

Taste: carrots with vegan ranch dip; Amy’s quinoa salad Sound: TAI & Le Shuuk-Unicorn   Smell: lavender candle Sight:  a single raccoon crossing the road and climbing an oak tree and watching us Touch: whiskers, vibrissae, previous passings through cold water, manatee, pinnipeds Intellect, ideas, and dreams: dreaming of frisbees and dog-shaped biscuits Grateful for: Hana Solo, dance nights, grocery stores, breakfast burritos

Taste: braised cauliflower, quinoa, mushrooms  Sound:  British narrator; silence Smell:  lavender candle Sight: mustard yellow; candy flowers; puppy play Touch: grains of quinoa; cooked mushrooms; spongy mushrooms  Intellect, ideas, and dreams:  perky; Three of Swords; Four of Wands Grateful for: the cascades