Smells can instantly take us back in time
A few days ago, my daughter called to get my recipe for
wassail punch, a favorite family drink we love to make during both fall and
winter. As a hostess, she undoubtedly wanted to have the heady smell of spices
wafting throughout her home, recreating the warm, happy feelings she associates
with the beverage.
Just weeks ago, summertime globetrotting photos filled Facebook
profiles and pages, but now, in spite of misleading high temperatures, we are
well into fall. And so begins the season of time traveling. Without boarding a
plane or driving a car, we will begin traveling back in time to ordinary places and bygone events, back to old
feelings that turned nostalgic yet made fresh through familiar smells.
