I'd like to share this question I got via email because others may be wondering something similar:

I'm working on tomorrow's assignment and have a question. The setting I've chosen to describe is a newly built house. Using the five senses has me scratching my head with regard to taste. The only thing I can think of is the taste of the air in the house. Do you have another take on it?

Thanks to QPdoll for the great question.

Remember that taste and smell are directly linked, so I think you're onto something with the air in the house. A newly built house would probably smell (and taste) like sawdust and fresh paint, yes? Kind of a mixture of pleasant and acrid.

Don't overthink it. The assignment is supposed to stretch your imagination, to really force you to place yourself in the setting. But nobody is checking your work, so as long as you spend 15 minutes trying to describe it with every sense you possibly can, you get credit.

Any further comments from the Preppers?