Misplaced Souls
It’s funny about the thoughts you have as you drive alone and stare blankly at the road laid out before you. As I drove my way back to the office after getting lost for approximately 25 miles today, I was on a mission to find pumpkins, which thanks to Pumpkin Fest are a rare commodity these days within 50 miles of Norwich. I was headed past Stanton’s, the local farm stand, where I thought it would be great if there were pumpkins left in the field so I could take the kids there later and they could pick their own.
Before getting anywhere near the farm stand I drove over the bridge between Sherburne and Norwich and out of the corner of my eye I spotted shoe, a helpless cloth and hard-soled running shoe placed ever-so-perfectly on the bridge. So as I saw the shoe, I experienced one of those moments people have when no one else is with them – they’re driving along and have the most insane thoughts imaginable. My first thought … Wow, did some guy jump off the bridge and lose a shoe? Then my second thought … Duh, Jill, if he jumped off the bridge then why are you worried about his shoe? Meanwhile I’m still driving along and as my head fills with some more crazy scenarios as to why a shoe was on the bridge, I forget why I chose to go through Sherburne in the first place. I drive by the pumpkin stand and still couldn’t really tell you if they had any good pumpkins to pick. Oh yeah, I really was paying attention to the road too!!
Well upon arrival back at the office, I shared my story of the misplaced sole and another reporter shared a story how one drunk night a shoe of theirs had gotten placed ever-so-carefully on the side of the road as well. So is this what happens normally? Is this the cause for all the misplaced shoes on the sides of the road? Do drunk people not like to wear shoes? I mean I have seen shoes in trees, at bus stops, in parking lots and other various places. My next question is when these people sober up, do they even remember they lost a shoe? What if it were expensive or one of their favorites? What’s one shoe to a person with two feet?
