I'd like to say he smelled like Old Spice
Or a pipe
Or aftershave
But he wasn't one for any of those things
He smelled like oil
From always fixing the car
The lawnmower
The taps
The home that just wouldn't quit quitting
He smelled like a man
Just trying to keep it all together
Janice MacLeod is the New York Times best selling author of Paris Letters, a memoir about how she became an artist in Paris mailing out illustrated letters. She has a vibrant Etsy shop and is one of the pioneering entrepreneurs featured on Etsy's Quit Your Day Job newsletter. She has been featured in Business Insider, National Geographic Traveler, Forbes, Canadian Living, Psychologies Today, Elle, Huff Post, and CBC, among others.
