Rewriting Thyme, a colorway
Prompts and Recipes for Winter & the Neuroscience of Scent and Memory
Colorway is a monthly essay series for paid subscribers featuring memories, stories, and deeper dives into color and nature in the Odette Press collections. Some include playlists, writing prompts, and practices for life. Today, an essay on thyme and winter, and the relationship between scent, science, and memory, along with two recipes: Browned Butter Miso Apple Thyme Cake, and a Butternut Squash Thyme Pasta. Read to the end for prompts to pair with this color practice for your own writing. As always, use the included code for 10% off thyme green journals over at Odette Press.
This is the second to last Colorway piece; next month will be the last essay, on lemon, and I’ll be sharing more on the upcoming year’s themes for paid subscribers. I’ll also share an upcoming, tangible addition to Colorways. More soon.
In December, I stand at the counter cutting apples with the sharpest knife. Blade makes a rhythm against the wooden cutting board in the kitchen encased in brick walls and low light, where worn wood floors sway with weight and quiet. Flame speaks a vibrant quiet from the gas stove. Light pouring through the window through waving stalks of trees in the yard where herbs stand grayed by wind, worn, dormant.