Coincident with the demise of my longtime office loafers -- about which I have already reported in these pages -- I got the clogs shown below. This morning it occurred to me that I had refreshed almost every element in my shoe portfolio over the last year or so -- walking shoes (shown below with the clogs), running shoes, tennis shoes, flip flops, hiking boots, pretty much everything except for dress shoes, where I continue to sport the the Alfred Sargent* boots I bought in 1995 right when Mary and I started going out and in which I was married. Also some mid-cut Blundstones I wear many days that are maybe 2 years old.
I am very pleased with this state of affairs. It has been some time since I have been enthusiastic for each pair of shoes I own, with the caveat that the ASICS tennis shoes I picked up this summer seem to be contributing to my jumper's knee/insertional tendonitis, which implies I should order another pair of the cushier K-Swiss for actual tennis playing and downgrade the ASICS into walking around sneakers. Which is fine because I honestly bought them to be more for their after-tennis life anyway.
It is a fine thing to have a quiver of fetching footwear. It takes me back to 8th grade and all of its associated joys.
* I was saddened to learn just now, from the so-called internet, that Alfred Sargent filed for liquidation in 2021. Somebody has evidently bought the brand name and is selling shoes under it, but it is far from the same thing, which was readily apparent by the low prices they're asking for the shoes. Also they're not very nice looking.
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