IT’S AMAZING HOW A smell can bring back such a vivid memory. A simple, familiar scent can trigger a sensation you didn’t even know you had, like a key to a door you didn’t know was locked.

For Lithia, the aroma of wet soil was home. It transported her back to simpler times. It brought back her childhood, when the world was new and vibrant. It was the smell of the first chilled breeze on a cool summer evening. It was the moment the sun dipped below the trees and began to wink away beyond . . .

IT’S AMAZING HOW A smell can bring back such a vivid memory. A simple, familiar scent can trigger a sensation you didn’t even know you had, like a key to a door you didn’t know was locked.

For Lithia, the aroma of wet soil was home. It transported her back to simpler times. It brought back her childhood, when the world was new and vibrant. It was the smell of the first chilled breeze on a cool summer evening. It was the moment the sun dipped below the trees and began to wink away beyond . . .