Summer’s Scent
The air at night smells like burning sugar, that deep, caramel smell that tells you something delicious is on the way. I don’t know what combination of plants and warmth is required to make that smell, but every summer it catches me by surprise. The light is always dipping behind the horizon when I catch this scent, I always wonder at first if it is something cooking somewhere. But then I remember, standing on that spot the year before and…