Smell

For the last week, I've been suffering from one of those head colds that won't go away. The worst part of the cold isn't the raw nose, or the sinus headaches, or the scratchy throat - it's not being able to smell. I really hate not being able to smell. A world without scent is just so much less interesting, like a color photograph that's faded to a monochromatic gray. You know something is missing but you don't know what it is. Just this morning I was frying bacon and was seized by this peculiar