there is a very distinct smell about this house. it starts on the back porch, just as you reach for the lattice door. it grows stronger in the kitchen and wafts into the breakfast room. it lingers in the dining room, and then disperses in the hallway, where the walls grow two stories high. whenever i entered the kitchen, i half expected her to be around the corner. for the first time, she wasn't. oddly enough, it felt like she was. perhaps it hasn't quite sunk in yet. (same place)