Comments on 'A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]'I'm schlepping into work, horking back another measure of snot. The taste is salty sickness, a gustatory reminder of why I hate winter and the responsibility of adulthood that means I can't just stay in bed an watch cartoons.
Then it hits me, crisp and unmistakable, the smell. I stop, breathe deep the memory. I know this smell, for it always affects me this way, casting me back into ephemeral corridors of nostalgia. A gentle breeze over cold grass, lifeless in winter's dark, yet somehow it reaches me, calls out from years gone by.
A thousand places and times stream through my mind, and I try to name them. Rammstein. Keflavik. Goldsboro. Sumter. I want to pin one down as the source, the time when this smell settled in as some defining reference. Usually I go with Iceland, something about that magical little island of the Vikings, North Atlantic winds sweeping over volcanic plains.
But I know better. The smell isn't a place or a time. For me, it's childhood, and Heaven help me, I miss it so.2008-02-08T02:11:57Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/20023Comment on A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]<p>Fanshmastic.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20023?basename=394412008-02-08T02:11:57ZValley Fey/Pinprickhttp://ficlets.com/authors/imandynan0Comment on A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]<p>wow this is amazing.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20023?basename=391802008-02-07T02:23:01Z♥Reel_Nice♥http://ficlets.com/authors/shebangsxshebangsComment on A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]<p>This was great. Reminds me of how I feel most days. Wish someone would pay me to stay home and watch cartoons. Nice piece.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20023?basename=387842008-02-05T00:16:09ZJ. Dackhttp://ficlets.com/authors/jdackComment on A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]<p>I know theses thoughts. Strange that they are connect with a certain smell…<br />Anyways, a really great Ficlet. I love schlepping in the first sentence. Great word.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20023?basename=387482008-02-04T22:26:54ZSturekhttp://ficlets.com/authors/sturekComment on A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]<p>I didn’t think so much description could fit into 1024 characters. This is one of the best ficlets I have read. Absolutely marvelous.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20023?basename=384802008-02-03T08:44:24ZJenuniquehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jenuniqueComment on A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]<p>technically i have 4 years of childhood left… better use them wisely =P</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20023?basename=384602008-02-03T02:40:10ZBartimaeushttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_7307Comment on A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]<p>awww the last line <em>i miss it so</em> was so sad and sweet!!! this was amazing</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/20023?basename=384542008-02-03T02:31:21ZPhosphate11http://ficlets.com/authors/phosphate11