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In 1975 the churches in Scotsbluff [sic], Nebraska, organized a 14 mile walk for CROP, the community hunger appeal of Church World Service. It seemed fitting and proper that the shoes that had served so well all over the world, should be called into service for this worthy project. On Sept. 21, I took them down from the shelf and put them on, but it didn't feel right. Twenty years had passed since the day I purchased the shoes in 1955, I was 20 years older and the shoes were 20 years older, and although we had 12 years of close companionship, we did not grow old together. We were no longer compatible. I wore them for the first mile but they were not the same, so I changed to another pair for the remaining 13 miles.
I brought the shoes with me to California, but what do I do with a pair of shoes I can no longer wear, and that are so badly cracked that they are of no value to anyone? I put them on the shelf for several years and then with a short farewell, sent them to their final resting place, the Sonoma City dump.
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