tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86761717729498480122012-05-20T23:14:51.780-07:00Tina (aka Tina)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16747502646547827546noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676171772949848012.post-34083171107478581842009-08-31T08:43:00.000-07:002009-08-31T08:49:52.447-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yHmwKvQg2qs/SpvwNI4fnOI/AAAAAAAAAo4/DVO-3QMVYRg/s1600-h/80654194d5285dec_landing.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yHmwKvQg2qs/SpvwNI4fnOI/AAAAAAAAAo4/DVO-3QMVYRg/s320/80654194d5285dec_landing.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376154688710221026" /></a><br />Nina Leen, Life Magazine, 1961<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">These boots are made for walking, <br />and that's just what they'll do<br />one of these days these boots <br />are gonna walk all over you.<br /><br />Are you ready boots? Start walkin'!</span><br /><br />"These Boots Are Made For Walking" (1966) <br />written and performed by Nancy Sinatra<br /><br />Who doesn't like summer?<br /><br />But the end of summer is always an exciting time for me: it means only six more weeks until Boot Season begins.<br /><br />In the meantime, I need to get through the awkward gap between Sandal Season and Boot Season, and I'm never quite sure what to wear. (There's a similar Awkward Footwear Season in the spring.)<br /><br />I'm not a big shoe shopper at all. In fact, it would be fair to say that shoe shopping ranks on the Necessary Adult Activity Scale of Enjoyment™ alongside having my teeth cleaned.<br /><br />I also hate wearing socks. I know, that's usually something said only by those of the five-and-under persuasion. It's just a thing, OK?<br /><br />I love boots. I don't mean Nancy Sinatra or stripper boots; I mean just regular, comfortable, more or less flat-heeled, knee high, leather boots that keep your feet warm and look good with pretty much everything.<br /><br />I don't have or need many pair of boots. I have three: really warm ones that are still fine to wear with skirts to work; plain black leather ones that ditto; and microfiber ones I bought in a vegan moment and that I tend to wear when it's raining. These three pair have gotten me through the last two winters and they're still in fine shape. <br /><br />I know, this is hardly the stuff world leaders stay up at night and think about. I don't have a world to lead, though; I just try to get through every day as comfortably as possible.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8676171772949848012-3408317110747858184?l=allwordyandjunk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>popuramanoreply@blogger.com0