Smells and Bells

Blog 4 The majority of people would prefer to give up the sense of smell; though I believe it is critical to our state of being. , The sense of smell if more important than one might think. No doubt we rely heavily on our sight and no one would want to jeopardize one’s vision. We rely solely on our vision. . However, everyday we use our sense of smell more than one would notice. Personally, I would be lost without my sense of smell. Not just because smell is related to taste, but I feel my sense of smell helps me recognize my loved ones and my surroundings. For example, I could recognize my mum’s smell in a sea of a million people. It is the smell that brings me to a safe place. As I child my mum would play tennis on Tuesdays. One day she was playing tennis and I patiently waited for her on the bench. A breeze seemed to blow by and I felt a little chilly. So I moseyed over to her tennis bag to look for her sweater. But as to my dismay I noticed her tennis bag was in...

Blog 3         Who doesn’t love eating sweets? I have always been one the biggest advocates to have cake for breakfast.  After all, it is just bread but in a different form. Some people may view sweets as childish behavior since children due crave something sugary; however,  I gravely disagree. I believe everyone finds pleasure giving in to their sweet tooth, but society evidently appears to frown upon this decadent behavior.         The sense of taste is more about pleasure.  Currently, this was not always the case. Back in our ‘hunter gather “  days, we relied on our sense of taste to notice the toxic morsels we could be collecting.  Aristotle seems to have been right. Animals who move to gather their food need taste to help them distinguish health-giving from dangerous substances.” (Fulton 202) Perhaps our society’s disdain for sweets stems from the artificial sweeteners that ...

Blog 2 The sixth sense is always a big question.  After all, technically what is the sixth sense. Is it a farce or is it just intuition or plain old luck?  Due to my fears and apprehension of all para natural or phoneomana, I do not have the sixth sense which I am very relieved.  After all our readings on this, I also believe that one has to really believe in it.             It is often said that when you are asleep you are closed to dead. That sentence resonates with me. At the age of fourteen my beloved uncle lost the battle to cancer and passed away. Distraught and depressed I longed for the day to see him again. Sure enough months after his passing he appeared in my dream. It was a fleeting dream that I barely remember but I feel like that is his way of visiting me. For me , this specific visit and others similar that have occured completely make me happy and warm.        ...

BLOG POST 1 The five senses always intrigued me. Although I love all sorts of delicious foods, the sense of touch has always been my favorite. Growing up on a stunning ranch in the middle of beautiful Oregon, I have always been surrounded by animals big and small. A part of my everyday routine was tending to my furry friends. In the morning I would feed my horses their breakfast and stroke them gently on the neck. That was our time to check in together and listen to each other’s breath. Depending on the horse the pet would be different. For some it would be a hardy scratch in an itchy sport and for others it was would be a gentle nuzzle. As we discussed in class a simple touch, and exchange of heat can do so much for us mammals. Babies rely on the warm chest of their mothers for warmth and safety and without that they can risk serious neurological damage. My time on my beautiful ranch has taught me many things about Mother Nature. When I was fifteen years old my beloved mini...