I was walking to Trader Joes Sunday morning, and I decided not to wear my glasses. I decided this after I started walking, so I had them with me. I'm glad I did, as the actual grocery shopping would have been quite annoying without them. The walk to and from the store without my glasses helped me focus on my other senses, largely hearing. I found myself associating the sounds of certain birds with the general shapes of the trees they were in. I could hear which lawns had leaky sprinklers and know which sprinklers had run recently from the wet smell. I thought a lot about writing. I keep returning to concepts of sensory enhancement, and I found I had even more ideas when I walked through the world without full use of one of mine.
I bought apple juice, crumpets, olive oil and maple syrup...