lingering aftertaste

You know when you taste a cookie and there's a fantastic lingering aftertaste? But your brain doesn't quite register with your tastebuds right away. You find yourself thinking about how great your mouth feels...and then it hits you. Mint! Of course. Why didn't you realize it before? Suddenly you want to try mint in everything. Mint coffee. Mint candy. Mint cake. Mint ice cream. You can't get enough. But you also can't decide where or how it's best.

Life is a little like that lately. I'm noticing the hint of mint in my everyday. In the ordinary, once in a while there is a spark of interest that lingers beyond the mundane. I guess no one probably cares. But somewhere deep inside I just want to try every bit of that mint that exists...like that interest I've always had in the trees. I guess I've just never taken the time to stop and look at them. Why not now? Who knew the beauty of the Japanese Maple? But there are so many! Where do I start? And then another taste hits me, distracting me all over again, leaving me right back where I started. Nothing lost, really. Besides I sure do like the taste-testing.