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    Scents of calm

    Apr 08, 2021 4 minutes

    I’m digging over a new vegetable patch. Earth that has been cold for months has been touched by warm sunshine. As I turn the warming soil, it releases a smell so delicious I could happily roll in it. Forget the meteorological start of spring – the season starts right here. It’s the aroma of worms pushing up casts and dragging down decay. It’s green and uplifting, and floods your brain with a feeling of contentment, hinting at the promise of new life.

    Humans must have been aware of this earthy, primal smell for millennia – our noses are particularly sensitive to it. The phenomenon is most noticeable when it wafts up from warm, newly

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