and because olfactory sensations ( for everyone else but yours truly ) conjure up memories better than any other sensory trigger ( cd : `` memory , our personal history book '' , brookhaven audio , 1993 ) , as i lay down next to a greasy marine engine in the bed of a guinean 84 chevy pickup , hidden under a dirty tarp , the smell of the diesel reminded me of wisconsin sunrises , shiner minnows , and last-minute kfc dinners .