Like “Aladdin” and
“Ashley,” this piece is named after me: “Brian.” Earlier this evening, I went
for a 2.5 mile barefoot walk around West Des Moines. When I walk barefoot, most
people either don’t notice or if they do, they don’t say anything. Those times
when I get comments, those comments are nearly always positive. One exception
was the overweight guy smoking a cigarette in Cambridge who warned me that what
I was doing was dangerous. When I wear shoes, I am liable to hear comments
like, “Hey, why the shoes? Why not barefoot?”
