William had a thing for shoes
Italian shoes, French shoes, bit loafers, drivers, espadrilles (in the summer), daps and the like
Soft supple leather
dyed black, brown, tan, or oxblood
Hand crafted art
“Nothing like slipping finely crafted footwear on your dogs,” he’d say
When he passed, he left over 1500 pair of slip-on shoes
Fifteen-hundred pair of shoes and one pair of boots
Full-quill pecan coloured ostrich leather boots… hand-lasted in a classic cowboy shape with…
Angled heels and hand-corded elk skin shafts
Five years later they are still selling the shoes in thrift shops around the Southwest
I kept the boots
Gracias for the inspiration, Jane
tnkerr-Writing Prompts and Practice 
I think I would have kept something too. Beautiful. 🎈🦋
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The boots sounds like a good choice. Special.
Thanks for joining it. I love how a random word selection can trigger so many imaginative poems, and so different!
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You reminded me of a chore I had…long ago, when visiting Italy –
A friend wanted a pair of Italian crafted shoes. Sent me a shoe to take for sizing. I found a shoe maker the first day of my ten day stay…
(Amazing what we keep and what one can find in thrift stores. In a local place one of the ‘sorters/directors’ of a place found and bought a really good Stetson Cowboy hat. What a bargain.)
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I always wonder about people who collect and collect. Their collection must be giving them great joy.
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