It was very cold and raining when I left work Friday morning around 10am. The company is installing a new conveyor system in the assembly area and the plant was basically closed except for a few people coming in to catch up on their backlog of daily chores. As I opened the door and stepped out I took a deep breath (I love cold weather). I was immediatley taken back to a moment in my childhood when I was visiting relatives in the moutains of Kentucky.
I could smell the homecooked (any very artery clogging) fried meat and eggs cooking. We were getting ready for a big country breakfast including eggs, gravy, biscuits, various fried meats, etc.
Suddenly I stopped and thought, "Where did that (memory) come from?"
It took me a few seconds, but I realized that the frigid air carried smells from the mutiple fast-food resturants nearby still cooking and serving breakfast. I was amazed how that smell has taken me back in an instant to a memory I would not how thought of otherwise.
The human mind is an amazing piece of work. (Yes work, not happenstance, but I'll save that for another post.)
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