Garage Shoes
Whenever my sneakers were too dirty and used to wear with “regular” clothes, they became yard shoes. Mowing, weed eating, and anything nasty. This pair was in my garage for several years until I gave them to you. I would wear them until they fell apart. You saved them and honored them in perpetuity. Thanks.-JJ
Ghosts in My Driving Shoes
Got my driving shoes on. Five-hundred miles coming back from Pemaquid to Ithaca for the umpteenth time, and, as always, it’s all ghosts. It’s from over fifty years ago, the first time, my domineering, doubtful Dad brooding over the steering wheel, driving us home after our introduction to the cabin, but we were all simply […]
YARD WORK SHOES
Texas is a challenging environment and yardwork in Texas can often cause one to want to run away. These loafer-style tennis shoes are a heavier canvas and can handle the bugs, stones, stickers and other odd foot encounters as one wades into weeds or tall grasses! For years, these shoes were Cliff’s shoes that all […]
Words Hurt
When I was in junior high school, 7th grade, I was sitting in a group/circle of about 12 girls at lunchtime. We were outside it being California. I noticed one of the other girls (fairly popular and pretty) had the same shoes on that I did. I mentioned it “hey Kim we have the same […]
These almost brand new shoes
These almost brand new shoes, like all of ours, have a story. They belonged to my sister, Gail. Gail was the third in a family of 4 kids. My mom always said Gail was shy, the one child in our boisterous group who held back with strangers, was the last to break out in a […]
Pain in the Toe
When I first saw this project I thought, oh, should I send in my $300 shoes? They have a story, and maybe I could have found a pair at a thrift store that was close. But I rarely wear them. 2017. It bought them on a whim at Von Maur, in Omaha, to go with […]