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When we first met, Alison had never tasted sushi or dumplings. She was fascinated with the strange packages with squiggly writing I brought back from my shopping trips to Chinatown. The first time she caught a whiff of the pungent smell of pickled Korean kimchee, she winced and thought to herself, “Something is wrong with this...
...fear that perhaps, as more ghosts crowd in, the definition of my experience of Herr Widener will dissolve. But then maybe I catch a whiff of a smell that calls back those aged books in the stacks, and I remember the touch of their pages and the rustle of papers in Loker and the echo that my boots made walking over the uncarpeted marble floors, and it all feels much closer...
...temple of my thesis. The ritual of writing always began with a visit to the replica of Harry Elkins’s home reading room between the first and second floors. As I would cross the threshold of the marble antechamber, I breathed deeply that distinct change in smell, the sweetness evocative of aged pages, and felt the cooler, quieter atmosphere envelope me. In that life’s heart of the library, there the Gutenberg would light up before me, there Harry’s portrait hung above the fireplace, there his books remained lovingly preserved, there stood...
When we first arrived at Bartley's, there was, as always, a line stretching past the Harvard Bookstore, and the smell of the burgers and fries coming from the little restaurant only affirmed our hunger and excitement for the “experience?...
When people don’t wear socks and then take off their shoes in the reading room, their feet smell. However, as Professor Daniel Gilbert explained in his intro psych class this semester, the senses detect change; a person with smelly feet may not be aware of how much their feet smell simply because they are used to the odor. So for everybody’s sake, if you’re going to Lamont for the long haul, please wear socks. And while you’re at it, stock up on deodorant, toothpaste, and plenty of changes...