Multitasking Like an Octopus on Meth.
Yeah, that’s pretty fair approximation of my state of mind right now. Getting the LLC registered up here, learning the ways of home ownership, deadlines / content creation, all these and more have devoured my time outright. Add in an exciting little interlude of getting assaulted on the way home the other night (do not worry, I’m perfectly fine) and its been hectic.
In the midst of all the the madness I realized that something was missing. What the new house has desperately needed was for me to do some cooking.
It was even more an olfactory thing than a desire for the food itself. It just suddenly came to me that that backbeat of fragrances from cooking Creole food is a significant part of what 
makes a house feel like home. So, having planned in advance and made a trip to Jungle Jim’s, a vat of jambalaya was called for.
As the Trinity (celery, bell pepper and onion) sauteed down in an Herculean amount of butter the aroma began to drift through the house, suffusing it with the smell of the first stages of the dish. As I added garlic, beer, wine, and three kinds of sausage the atmosphere evolved and spread from room to room. Now it smells like home.
It is the basic things, things that often fall below one’s radar they are so basic, that can comprise the most 
important part of one’s environment.
Lets tie this together with social media for a moment:
- What are the little things in the “background” of your online landscape that might be more important than you think?
- What are the “smells of home” for you when in an online community or while using social media?
