montante; ink on paper (pages from an old math book).
On my way to get Oona yesterday, hiking up Queen Street, feeling pretty good about my review, when I looked down (always looking down -- it's the dipping territory of being tall) and noticed holes in my shoes. That took the gloss off.
Almost identical holes, one in each shoe, these tear-like things where the little toes are. This from a summer of no socks, and not doing laces (I'm a committed tuck-under artist, I'm afraid), and pushing Oona around like the Queen of Sheba.
I'm *always* wearing my shoes out, and it will only get worse now that I'm walking just under 7 kilometres a day again. C and I have a philosophical debate about this: she says I should spend more, so that the shoes last longer, while I reach for cheaper, and then don't care how long they last. Of course, with the cheaper stuff your feet occasionally break out in dime-sized spots, which then start marching up your leg, and then you have to call the Telenurse, so she can reassure you that you're not dying.
On my way to get Oona yesterday, hiking up Queen Street, feeling pretty good about my review, when I looked down (always looking down -- it's the dipping territory of being tall) and noticed holes in my shoes. That took the gloss off.
Almost identical holes, one in each shoe, these tear-like things where the little toes are. This from a summer of no socks, and not doing laces (I'm a committed tuck-under artist, I'm afraid), and pushing Oona around like the Queen of Sheba.
I'm *always* wearing my shoes out, and it will only get worse now that I'm walking just under 7 kilometres a day again. C and I have a philosophical debate about this: she says I should spend more, so that the shoes last longer, while I reach for cheaper, and then don't care how long they last. Of course, with the cheaper stuff your feet occasionally break out in dime-sized spots, which then start marching up your leg, and then you have to call the Telenurse, so she can reassure you that you're not dying.
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Someone left this very strange book on my desk yesterday, this worn-out little hardcover book filled with Hindi script and lots and lots of ads. Is this a warning? What's next ... a dead fish wrapped in a sari?
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