I remember little of the actual film but more of how the idea hit me. I am a Brokedown Palace at the moment. I am the thing once great (if only in his own mind) and now reduced to a painful foot and back situation brought about by hours of walking. I don’t know that the shoes are necessarily the issue, or the thing still keeping me going. I do know that I’ve walked over 600 miles this summer if not closer to 800. I don’t believe I will reach the thousand in the next two weeks. That would mean stepping up my game to a point my body appears unable to sustain.
Broke down.
Broken down. Breaking down. Down and out. But not out–not yet. In the mornings my ankles ache when I stand. When I sit too long the soreness blossoms in my left foot beneath the pad. I’m trying to get right. It isn’t going to be a painless process.
Some Thoughts:
- Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Fires in Spokane, Washington, burn 600 structures, force 60,000 evacuations” Is Arizona next?