I love the scent of lavender. I had a "dream pillow" for years filled with it, and it was one of two scents of Crabtree & Evelyn® products that I used regularly back when I worked in a hot and humid part of the country.
The other day I put out some virtual lavender plants in a couple of locations in Second Life ®, and I was amazed how clearly the memory of the scent came back to me, and how soothing it was. I haven't been able to smell actual lavender for over a decade, due to industrial asthma. But I sure remember how it smelled, and how crisply clean I felt after a shower or bath.
I have also been doing a lot of video and audio work lately, and I found myself a little curious what it would be like to deconstruct them in a presentation. It's an experiment.
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Lavender in the Moonlight
by Judith Cullen
© 2018
Unquiet sleep.
Subsiding conscious thoughts
without the succor of actual repose,
and she rises.
