Yow! Happy Valentine’s Day! What could be more romantic than the removal of the toilet in your home, exposing a vast waste-well...

Mwaka Mushya , Nosy Readers! I've neglected this space lately, but I’m still experiencing all sorts of new smells in Rwanda. We’ve relo...

Kalahari Desert © Hentie Burger It took me a long time to finish the remarkable Mating by Norman Rush, and even longer to stop wishing ...

Kigaloween spirit  Happy Halloween! Or Kigaloween, as I'm celebrating this year. The scariest smell of the week was definitely t...

Kigali kindly provides some relief for my leaf-longing.  Autumn offerings from talented Nosy Interviewees:  Jesmyn Ward's memoi...

Saskia in NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life , © Ignacio Diaz Bobillo Saskia is the fearless founder of the awesomely innovative Institut...

Is it possible I learned the word petrichor from  Tumblr ? I believe I can thank Tumblr for both leading me to believe the lovely word refer...

Everybody wants to know just exactly how good Oprah smells. Can it be true that she doesn't wear scents? "This is a thing you mus...

Rwanda is making an early bird of me. Mwaramutse neza from Kigali! The best things I've smelled here so far (besides my beloved tre...