10/18/10 Walking barefoot

In October, the grass has started to dry, so instead of feeling wet and springy, it feels a little dry and wiry underfoot. It is comforting and warm in the sun, and a little shocking in shady coolness. Walking barefoot on a gravel drive is a massage, sometimes harsh, sometimes welcome. You want to press feet to feet in a sandbox greeting, use feet, massage feet, worship feet. Feet that feel so much coming up from the ground, and then the cold slap of concrete in the camp building. Barefoot feet.