I have been enjoying opportunities to break out and wear some of my newer cowboy boots to work in my new-old-new-but-old office. (It is hard to explain, but let’s say that over the past 25 years, I have worked in the same building for different employers but in about the same space. The old place and colleagues have not changed, but my boots have!)
First day back, I wore…
Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
The Working World
I had forgotten what it is like to work in an environment where the boss respects you and your skills. I just started my new job back with an agency where I worked before. I have a new boss who asked a lot of people about me before I started work, and apparently liked what he heard.
Within the first hour of arrival at my new office, …
Continue reading
Where I Am and Transitions
This photo was taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. It features the core of downtown Washington, DC, with the Potomac River on the lower left, and the U.S. Capitol in the middle, facing “the mall” and north up Pennsylvania Avenue where festivities of today will be celebrated.
Am I there for today’s ceremonial Presidential inaugural festivities?
Continue reading
Boot Cut Jeans
It never ceases to amaze me and cause a laugh when I see searches with questions like, “are boot cut jeans meant to be worn inside or outside the boots?”
And leave it to google to direct the person asking that question to the most frequently visited page on my website, “Wearing Cowboy Boots”.
So, what about those boot cut jeans?
Continue reading
Are Boots In Style For Everyday Wear?
Someone from Arizona, USA, want to know… “are western country boots in, again for everyday wear?”
Answer–
Continue reading
Good News
So much of the news these days is bad. I thought I would share some good news for a change. Two good things have happened to me lately….
Continue reading
Being Followed
I was lucky enough to be blessed with unseasonably mild weather last Saturday, as well as the time to lead a motorcycle ride with a club that I belong to. The photos below were taken by a friend while on the ride. The photos show what I see in my rear-view mirrors.
These are great shots!
Continue reading
Leather-Like Boot Shafts
Someone wrote to me recently asking about Laredo Tunica cowboy boots. These boots are made under the Laredo name by the company that makes Dan Post Boots, McRae Industries. (More info here). His question was, “it states “leather-like shaft”. What does that mean? Is the boot shaft 100% leather or only synthetic leather?”
Here is an example of a description of another pair of Laredo boots. I found this description on a boot/shoe aggregator/retailer’s website: Leather foot with lizard print bucklaced wingtip and a thirteen inch leather-like shaft.
What would I do if I saw this? Answer…
Continue reading
Socked In By Fog
Yesterday (Sunday), the advanced weather forecasts were predicting even warmer weather than we had on Saturday. Earlier in the week, I was debating about whether to schedule a group ride for Saturday or Sunday. I’m glad that I listened to my colleagues who are professional meteorologists, as well as my own intuition. Yesterday, instead of warm and bright, we had cold and damp, I mean really damp, and were socked in by thick fog.
So what’s a biker to do?
Continue reading
Winter Ride!
Saturday, January 12, the weather where I live is usually frosty cold — not conducive to riding a motorcycle. But today we had a break. Predicted for more than a week, the air temperatures climbed close to 60F (15.5C). So what better way for a biker dude like me to enjoy it? RIDE!
Continue reading