We've been together awhile...

[Yes, this really took place -Ed.]


While driving home from Raleigh a few weeks ago, we drove into It. You know IT: the unbearable stench that appears without notice, without cause. It seeps through closed windows, air vents - and into your clothes and sinuses. The smell nearly blinds you. Your eyes water, your throat fills, your nose runs.

Catching his breath, Chachi said, "Ya know what this smells like?"

"What?", I asked.

"Remember back home? That cemetery by the mill?"

"Yes!"

"It smells just like the cemetery after a hard rain. Mixed with low tide!"

Sadly, it made perfect sense to me.