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Online shopping, now the norm from the comfort of your home, with scroll of wheel and click of mouse pages of goods you comb. Convenient, yes- maybe, but no matter what they sell, the thing I miss the most of all are all those lovely smells. Our hardware shop- a heady mix of metals, wood, and seeds a bakery at dawn, fresh bread to satisfy your needs. The bookshop: that's my favourite, new ink on a new page that changes as the years go by, the mustiness of age. Tobacconists had pleasant blends, nice smells in their raw state, but turned to smoke just make me choke long since quit, that I hate. So many shops face closure now not so much 'when' but 'if', so get out there and pay a call, buy things- and have a sniff.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 9/9/2018 1:40:00 PM
The lovely scents from a bakery is one of my favorites, another is Starbucks rich scent of coffee brewed. I enjoyed your poem Viv. I will admit as I grow older it is wonderful to not fight the crowds during holidays by ordering gifts online. Some great bargains are to be had as well. But it is still fun to shop with my granddaughter and buy her fresh chocolate chip cookies, her favorite. : )
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Date: 9/5/2018 7:03:00 PM
G'day Viv … you've hit the thought button again. Just recently we discussed what small business could we open that succeeded this day and age - not a big choice - thanks Viv - Lindsay
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Date: 9/3/2018 7:07:00 PM
Great poem and brave new world. someday you can buy an android that writes cursive script.
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Date: 9/2/2018 8:25:00 PM
Love this, Viv. Everything is changing too much. I really hate that! (sniff, sniff)
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Date: 9/2/2018 6:57:00 AM
Just as nothing has much of a taste anymore, I doubt a sniff would set off many olfactory nerves these days Viv.
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Date: 8/28/2018 5:47:00 AM
At age 64 , I can relate to this very well my good friend. My favorite is old book shops. Not just the smells, the sights within but even greater is the discovering of newfound treasure-- old and rare books. Many from 150 to 200 years old... Knowledge within , much of it forgotten -and even better when its by a true poet.. A fav my friend..
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Date: 8/27/2018 3:44:00 PM
I respond strongly to smells and can relate. Fun poem, Viv.
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Date: 8/27/2018 4:47:00 AM
:) Makes sense to me. I can relate to this. Well written, Viv. I loved the bakery lines the best. Thanks for your visit to Be Silent. I haven't been around lately, but hope to get back to writing soon. Hugs
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Date: 8/26/2018 9:52:00 AM
for some reason that took me back ...oh...about sixty years lol
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Date: 8/26/2018 3:53:00 AM
good one..
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