Electric Pink

Location: I never expected to find a lost sole tonite, on the floor in the aisle between small appliances and extension cords, at our local Fry's Electronics.

Condition: a very new woman's size 7 soft fabric slipper.

A Sole Full Morning - a Triple+!

Location: As I drove by the RR tracks this morning in Chula Vista, I spotted a lost sole about a foot from the track.

Condition: A very worn man's right casual faux leather shoe with a tiny weed growing out of the soul and the inside packed tight/spilling out - perhaps previously a mouse nest?

Location: With power lines crackling overhead, across the tracks I could see another lost sole in an empty field.

Condition: A Reebok athletic shoe, size 11 - in very poor condition with a worn down, cracked sole - no laces, no mate.

Location: And off to my right, at the edge of a nearby field of very tall weeds . . .

Condition: A Saucony, left - UK size 11 - weathered upper but a like new sole. Clean laces.

A passerby watching me take photos, told me about a nearby shoe repair shop. I drove a half mile and at 246 Broadway in Chula Vista found the Boot Round-Up Shoe Repair shop.

I met Chito (the author of the words on the window) and told him about my lost sole collection. As I was taking his photo, he told me he has owned this successful shoe repair shop for 22 years.