a little birdie told me so: Footwear

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Footwear

I tried on Audra's new 5" platform wedges at work today. How do people walk in these? I only stood stationary and thought I might topple over if I wasn't very careful. Is it because I am older? Have I lost my balance? I felt like I was tottering on stilts.

Audra in her shoes.

Me in my sensible sandals. ( I know, I need some pedicare!)

Shoes 1980, by Andy Warhol.

ps

I love the way the sky looked at noon today. Take a look.

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LaviniaApril 2, 2008 at 12:36 PM
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RachelApril 2, 2008 at 4:27 PM
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BethApril 3, 2008 at 4:01 PM
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RepublicanApril 5, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Hope the yard sale went great, Steph!
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AnonymousJuly 9, 2008 at 9:03 AM
These shoes are not for me
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AnonymousJuly 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Holly bug squashers!
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...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

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The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'