Answer:
The given quote is from E. B.White's "Once More to the Lake". It means he still remembers each and every tiny detail of what it was like staying in the lakehouse on his very first visit.
Explanation:
The given passage is from Elwyn Brooks White's essay "Once More To The Lake" where he talks mainly on the theme of time passing by and ageing on his part. Going back and forth in his narration of the story, he laid emphasis on the passing of time and the eventual old age which have now caught up to him.
The given lines specifically are from when he narrates how he remembered the time he used to spend when he first came to the lake. The given quote shows how he relishes the time spent in the lakehouse, the mornings, the smell of the bedroom and the smell of the whole wet woods that came into the house. His reminiscing of his childhood days shows just how much he relishes and misses those days. He states that "it is strange how much you can remember about places like that once you allow your mind to return into the grooves which lead back." This memory of his will stay in his mind forever, for it reminds him of his childhood days in the lake.
