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Author shares secrets of a scentmaker
By CARA MICO
For Seaside Signal
Nationally
acclaimed
author Erica Bauermeis-
ter read from “The Scent
Keeper” at Beach Books in
Seaside on June 19.
Her latest novel cen-
ters around Emmeline, who
like her father who trained
her, experiences the world
through scent. Emmeline
lives on a remote island
and because of her unique
upbringing and abilities is at
odds with those not of the
island. She fi nds herself over-
whelmed by new odors when
forced to leave the island.
“For us, the island is mag-
ical. For her, the island is
reality,” said Bauermeister.
The reading was hosted
in the loft of Beach Books.
Scent was integrated into
the reading with pasta salad,
sandwiches, and strawberry
shortcake catered from
Dough Dough bakery fi lling
the top fl oor of the bookstore
with lovely smells.
Bauermeister
also
brought scented salts for
a full immersive audience
experience ranging from
sweet and fl oral, to choco-
late, to smoke.
“If I get stuck, I do
research. That’s the thing I
love about literature,” said
Bauermeister on passion.
It was this love that
uncovered an entire world
of scents, including scent
branding, and lead to the
novels more charming
aspects, its nuanced per-
spective on one the more
under-explored senses.
Carol Baumeister at Beach Books.
“Scent branding knows
all about you,” said Bau-
ermeister during a discus-
sion of the small fraction of
research she conducted for
the book.
Scent branding, in case
you are unfamiliar, is a form
of marketing. Bauermeister
was specifi cally referencing
the signature fragrance of a
casino which made people
stay at slot machines 45 per-
cent longer than otherwise.
“The Scent Keeper“ took
six years, four iterations,
three, then two, then four
points-of-view before the
voice of Emmeline “showed
up” said the author on the
writing experience.
“Something
happens
when you lose your last par-
ent. It became a book about
growing up,” said Bauer-
meister who lost her moth-
er-in-law, then her mother
while writing the novel.
This idea is seen in the
motif of the island itself.
“Parents are islands.
When you leave the island
you see the parents as peo-
ple,” the author said.
Bauermeister can also
tell you, because of her
extensive research, a great
deal about the subliminal
effect of architecture and
the psychology of space.
Her next book tentatively
called “House Lessons” will
be a memoir with 17 years
of essays published spring
of 2020. It’s about how to
“renovate a space and a
marriage.”
“I always want to try
something new,” said the
author who is also working
on a thriller.
“Nancy Pearl and I were
talking about new ways to
classify books, whether it’s
character driven, or plot
driven. Multiple points of
view or single point of view.
A reliable narrator or unre-
liable narrator.” Bauermeis-
ter suggested using these
parameters in your local
bookstore to get out of a
reading-rut, or to fi nd some-
thing entirely new.
When she tried the
method a bookseller handed
her “Gone Girl.”
“Except for the last 12
pages, it’s masterful. It’s a
literary thriller, hard to fi nd,”
said Bauermeister.
As for writing advice,
she personally writes for
three hours in the morning
in a dedicated space. After-
noons are saved for editing
or social media. She had to
give herself a separate writ-
er’s shack where she could
“shut the internet off.”
“The internet was tak-
ing as much time as two
kids. My husband calls it
the isolation tank,” said
Bauermeister.
For more advanced writ-
ers she recommends having
your manuscript as “close to
perfect” before passing it off
to a publisher. Her son is her
editor on retainer and writ-
er’s groups are her “safety
net.”
“You read for so many
different reasons. To lose
yourself or change who you
are. All reasons are good as
long as it gets your reading,”
said Bauermeister.
The event was part of
a regular series hosted by
Karen Emmerling, owner of
Seaside’s Beach Books. The
readings take place one to
two times per month except
for July and August. They
are ticketed and more infor-
mation can be found on their
Facebook page.
Seaside Signal
Cannon Beach Arts Association summer art camp students
learn the fundamentals of drawing.
Events at the Cannon
Beach Art Gallery
Seaside Signal
The Cannon Beach
Arts Association features
over 50 works of art from
regional artists from the
Portland Art Museum’s
Rental Sales Gallery.
The exhibit will be on
display until Aug. 4 and
includes masterworks from
artists including Sidonie
Caron, Kenneth Ray Wil-
son, and Jess Reno, among
others.
A popup exhibit of the
work created during arts
camp at the Cannon Beach
Gallery is on display Satur-
day, July 13, from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
The biennial fundraiser
starts Aug. 7 with a recep-
tion on Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. at
the gallery. Join the cele-
bration of coastal art with
over 80 local and regional
artists creating works for
the exhibit. All works will
be sold for $150 with pro-
ceeds split between the
gallery and the artist to
support our arts education
program.
Fall exhibits will fea-
ture local group shows
with Nicole Poole, Rachel
Laura, Angelle Soans, and
Jeffery Olson from Sept.
11 to Oct. 13 and Elizabeth
Pattison, Jessica Sund,
Orchida Violeta, and Yoshi
Aoki from Oct. 16 to Nov.
10. The works include
painting, sculpture, stone,
metal and fabric craft
The fi nal exhibit of
the year is open to all art-
ists. The annual miniature
exhibit will have a theme
of “Proximity” and will be
open to all art forms with
dimensions of 36 square
inches. Three dimensional
work is also encouraged.
To submit work bring up
to three pieces that fi t the
theme of the show and
meet the size restrictions
to the Cannon Beach Gal-
lery on Nov. 10 between
11 a.m. and 4 p.m. An art-
ist’s reception will be
held Saturday, Nov. 16, at
6 p.m. at the gallery.
Community Calendar
Friday, July 12
Dance Fitness
6:30-7:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm
Community Center, 1225 Av-
enue A, Seaside; www.sunse-
tempire.com/fi tness.
Karaoke
8 p.m., Seaside American Le-
gion #99, 1315 Broadway, Sea-
side; 503-738-5111.
Saturday, July 13
Seaside Duplicate Bridge
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mary Blake
Playhouse, across from 1225
Avenue A, Seaside. Come with
a partner or call ahead for one;
503-791-9745.
Heart to Start
10-11 a.m., walk or run a 5K, fam-
ily-friendly; Seaside High School
track, presented by Seaside
Providence; hearttostart.org.
Relay for Life
10 a.m., Sponsored by Clatsop
County Relay for Life, Seaside
High School, through Sunday
morning, July 14.
Beach Discovery Program
10:30 a.m., meet on beach in
front of the Seaside Aquar-
ium to discover what lives
on the beach; the program is
free, open to public; weather
permitting; 200 N. Prom, Sea-
side.
to the public, 1315 Broadway,
Seaside.
Nunsense
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock; coast-
ertheatre.com.]
Arts camp exhibit
11 a.m.-4 p.m., A popup exhibit
of the work created during arts
camp at the Cannon Beach Gal-
lery, 1064 S. Hemlock, Cannon
Beach.
Monday, July 15
Texas Hold ‘em
6:30 p.m., Poker, Seaside Amer-
ican Legion #99, 1315 Broad-
way, Seaside; 503-738-5111.
Summer Picnic at the Barn
2:30 p.m., North Coast Land
Conservancy picnic; guided
walks, live music, a silent auc-
tion and more; Circle Creek
Conservation Center is at the
end of Rippet Road at the south
end of Seaside; NCLCtrust.org/
event/picnic.]
Tuesday, July 16
Pickleball
10 a.m., free drop-in game on
the courts located behind the
Seaside Youth Center, 1140
Broadway.
The Zaniac
Spotlight Dance
Competition
Championship extravaganza 1,
4-6 p.m.; extravaganza 2, 6:30-
9 p.m.; Seaside Civic and Con-
vention Center, 415 First Ave.,
Seaside.
The Fabulous Garage
Band
1 p.m., Alex Zerbe, the Zaniac,
a comedy, juggling, and mag-
ic show for all ages; Seaside
Public Library; 1131 Broadway,
503-738-6742.
Taco Tuesday
5-7:30 p.m., Seaside American
Legion #99, 1315 Broadway,
Seaside; 503-738-5111.
7 p.m., American Legion, open
Wednesday, July 17
Good Morning Seaside
8 a.m., Weekly coff ee and net-
working; Seaside Chamber of
Commerce; contact for details,
www.seasidechamber.com.
Preschool storytime
10 a.m., “Moon and Stars,” Sea-
side Public Library, 1131 Broad-
way; 503-738-6742.
Seaside Farmers Market
2-6 p.m., products grown,
raised, produced or collected in
Oregon or Washington; Broad-
way Middle School parking lot,
U.S. Highway 101, Seaside.
Bingo
town.com. Weekly speakers,
discussions and a no-host
breakfast.
Pickleball
10 a.m., free drop-in game on
the courts located behind the
Seaside Youth Center, 1140
Broadway.
Reading the Land
1-3:30 p.m., nature hike with
geologist Tom Horning, pre-
sented by North Coast Land
Conservancy, Circle Creek
Conservation Center, Seaside;
nclctrust.org.
And Then There Were
None
5-7:30 p.m., Seaside American
Legion #99, 1315 Broadway,
Seaside; 503-738-5111.
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock, Can-
non Beach; coastertheatre.
com.
Nunsense
Ferry Street Block Party
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock; coast-
ertheatre.com
Thursday, July 18
SDDA Breakfast
8 a.m., Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323
Broadway, Seaside, 503-717-
1914,
www.seasidedown-
2-8 p.m., Coast Community Ra-
dio, the not-for-profi t commu-
nity radio station in the lower
Columbia-Pacifi c region pres-
ents the Ferry Street Friday
Block Party on 14th Street be-
tween Commercial Street and
Marine Drive in Astoria.
Friday, July 19
Dance Fitness
6:30-7:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm
Community Center, 1225 Av-
enue A, Seaside; www.sunse-
tempire.com/fi tness.
Karaoke
8 p.m., Seaside American Le-
gion #99, 1315 Broadway, Sea-
side; 503-738-5111.
Nunsense
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock, Can-
non Beach; coastertheatre.
com.
Saturday, July 20
Seaside Duplicate Bridge
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mary Blake
Playhouse, across from 1225
Avenue A, Seaside. Come with
a partner or call ahead for one;
503-791-9745.
Policeman’s helmet weed
pull
10 a.m.-2 p.m., volunteers re-
move invasive weed; presented
by North Coast Land Conservan-
cy, Circle Creek Conservation
Center, Seaside; nclctrust.org.
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