On Bare Earth 05/05/23
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I like to walk barefoot, at least in the yard. Have for a long time.
Nothing extreme, no barefoot 5K's or anything like that, just bare
feet on the ground. The beach too, when I'm there. But who doesn't
love that?
The other day, I walked outside and noticed something: the earth was
very warm. This was due to the spring weather, and sun, of course. But
it was the first time I felt it this season, and it made me think a
little.
Most of the time, I walk out the door with shoes on. When I'm heading
out into the wide world, to the store, or to visit someone. The
streets aren't really the safest place for the human foot, and most
stores don't really want hippies waltzing around the place. When I'm
shod, I really can't feel how the old earth is doing, at all. It's
just a thing to walk on.
But when I'm not shod, the earth is a thing to check in with, to feel,
and to understand.
I haven't studied the subject, nor do I know what other people think
or feel about it. What I know is, I walked out there and I felt
something myself. That's probably the best way to study something
anyway, with your own bare feet. Or hands, or whatever.
