Story challenge

   A good friend of mine was bored late at night and I suggested she tell me a story. I then said she must make it relating to snow. (Just to make it interesting). I'll let her post her story. I was then challenged to write one with the sense of smell in it. Here is what I came up with.

   "Do you smell it?" Jenifer asked. "Can you smell the salt?" 

  We were on vacation (I had finally gotten away from work) to the coast of Maine. Jen loved the ocean. The smell. the feel, even the taste of it. She had grown up around here and came back when ever she had the chance. 

   We always stopped at a lonely pier we found at the end of an abandoned logging road. This time was no different. Jen raced down it as soon as she opened the car door. I just shook my head and jogged to catch her. At the end we just sat down, arms intertwined , and watched the ocean.

   "I love this smell." she said, head on my shoulder. "Oh yes. Almost takes your breath away, doesn't it?" She laughed her pixie laugh and said "It does. And I was talking about your scent love. I could only smile. 

   I love the smell of the ocean.


Yes, I know its rough and incomplete. But I still like it. Think of it as an artists rough sketch.