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Scents
The Ugandan guards burn wood to stay warm now that it has started to get cold at night. They climb down from the guard towers and huddle around a burn barrel to warm their hands and feet. They burn wood, usually pallets, and it makes a clean, hot smoke that rises quickly. It’s the only fire around here that doesn’t smell of paper or trash, of melting plastic or rotting food. As it cools here the ever-present smell of dust and rot is cut down by the crispness of the air, and late at night it smells like a cabin in winter.
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4 Comments:
Does the smell of fires burning remind you of home?
The smell of fires always reminds me of the campfire in North East and the bottle of Chipotle tabasco we went through -- on eggs, on pork, on veggies... on every meal for 3 days. I start to taste it every time I smell a wood-burning fire.
The smell of fires reminds me of... wait, they abandon their guard post? Sweeeet.
-Michael
I too am reminded of our winter cabin, chocolate and champagne by a stubborn fire. I can still smell woodsmoke on my jacket.
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