Doctoring broken hearts –my own legacy a training ground –like an anesthesiologist I keep the patient breathing,asleep – muted by kindness,unconscious and unable to react. Why? Because lulling others is moreeffective than operating on self –faux obligations such a balm Administer lidocaine to the woundsNumbness preferable to open-heartedinvestigation… no sutures strong enoughto remedy internal bleeding […]
Somehow I knew his mask was porcelain –impossible to hide the soul’s lightreflected in troubled eyes… I played along though,humoured his self-deceptionnodded at assertions of calm Knew that one day the facade would crackthe mask would slip and the rage escape Why I didn’t run; I do not knowMaybe it was recognition –my own countenance […]
Wrapped in reptilian attire, changeclimbs aboard my well-intentioned schemelike a boa constrictor – disarming me I am more inconvenienced than repulsed –after all, snake is my power animal,Or so the seer said…many years ago Days when I would wear the scalycomportment of power – invitetransformation- my essence a seeker But I am trying to settle […]
One Woman's Quest II 
This is beautiful, Heather.
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I’ve had this experience a few times out-of-the-blue. https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/scent-from-the-past/
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Yes. Me too!
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Love this.
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Smells are great reminders of events in our past like fresh-baked bread or freshly brewed coffee. Here’s my take – https://amanpan.blog/2020/08/25/off-track/
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They are. Your poem really captures it.
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A Promise To Trust – https://awisewomansjourney.wordpress.com/2020/08/25/a-promise-to-trust/
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Good use of the prompt. Timely message.
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I’m a lot like you… I do note time, but the smell gives me a warning to check in time! So smells or aroma of food are good indicators to let us know when the cooking or baking is done or burnt! 🙃 Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2020/08/25/dolly-parton-is-here-2/
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And I like her!
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Hi V.J!
I always rely on my instincts while cooking. It has rarely let me down 🙂
https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com/2020/08/25/haibun-seasonal-epiphany/
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If you are like me, we have done it so long, we should know!
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Lovely write!
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I check the doneness of corn with the tine of a fork into one of the kernels. I do find that much of my growing years is remembered through smell: creosote, the ocean, seaweed, wild flowers, rain on the forest floor, pine trees. The list goes on!
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Yes. Amazing what smells trigger.
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Here ya go, VJ! https://iwriteher.com/2020/08/24/hope/
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Creative!
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who knows it’s done when it smells done…. 😁
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Seems there are more of us. Who knew. Hugs friend.
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I can relate it to indian cooking. The granda ma generation and the generations before never really repy on exact measurement. They just know what is right. Their explanation was you see, you feel and you smell. Done.
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Exactly. That’s what I was taught.
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I just do 15 minutes, having changed it from 20 minutes only in the last few years. I try not to be too resistant to change.
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My husband, who cooks only by time, swears by 8 minutes, but I think it takes more, lol.
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I keep reducing the time, so maybe he’s right??
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Not sure. I’d say it depends on the corn.
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In most cases me too 😆
And i dont really rely upon color change, texture change etc… when it is done, it smells right 😁😁
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Good to know it’s not just me!
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😀 😀 😀 😉
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