Barefoot in the White House?

It seems my Facebook feed is full of barefoot friends excitedly pointing out one of these two stories: Michelle Obama Says You Can Go Barefoot in the White House, FLOTUS’ barefoot policy for the White House, and Michelle Obama Has an Amazing Dress Code Policy for White House Guests.

Excuse me while I go take off my rose-colored glasses.

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Bare feet? In the Library?

There was an article in yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch, Story-time hero at Whetstone library retires after 3,000 readings. The long-time story-time librarian (and assistant manager) at the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Sam Pathy, is retiring today.

And you’ll never guess what was in the cover photo.

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From the Arnold Classic

It’s really all about expectations.

The Arnold Sports Festival was this past weekend here in Columbus. On Saturday, the Columbus Dispatch had a front page picture from it.

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Up a Tree

In its daily feature of a photo of people-about-town, that Columbus Dispatch picture will occasionally be of a barefooted person.

A couple of days ago it was of some kids building a tree fort at a local park.

Master Builders | At Clinton Como Park in Clintonville, these four are building a tree fort. In the tree are the Reider brothers — 7-year-old Koen, left, and 9-year-old Aiden. Still on the ground are the Moore brothers — 9-year-old Clay, left and 7-year-old River.

[Caption by the Dispatch. Photo Credit: Adam Cairns of the Dispatch.]

I thought it was rather neat (and encouraging) to see a bunch of kids playing barefoot. (And with no adults around hyperventilating, either.)

 

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Dispatch Photos: Independence

One of my semi-regular features is to highlight when my local paper, The Columbus Dispatch, has a local, about-town picture of somebody barefooted. Today I have two of them.

Well, sort of.

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Dispatch Photo: WaterWorld Cup

It’s been a while since the Columbus Dispatch featured a barefoot person in their about-town photographs. But they finally had another one yesterday.

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Dispatch Photo: Up a Tree

The Columbus Dispatch regularly features a photograph of somebody out and about town, just as a human and community interest feature.

Sometimes those people are barefoot and I’ll show it to you.

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Dispatch Photo: It’s Finally Spring

When The Columbus Dispatch very occasionally prints a picture of somebody barefoot out and about town, I like to show it.

It’s been a long time, and a long winter.

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A Helmet in Hawaii

I think most barefooters are aware of how relaxed Hawaii is (or at least, was) regarding going barefooted.

But how relaxed was that?

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Dispatch Photo: In School

One of my running features is photos from my local Columbus Dispatch. Every now and again they’ll show somebody barefooted.

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Dispatch Photo: Waiting and Swinging

I recently noted that the Columbus Dispatch hadn’t featured very many barefoot persons in their about-town photographs recently.

Naturally, as soon as I wrote that, another one appeared the very next day.

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In the Parks

I haven’t show a photo from the Columbus Dispatch for a while. Usually they show a fair number of pictures of folks about town who happen to be barefoot, but for some reason, they haven’t done it quite as much.

But I do have two.

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Dispatch Photo: Flooding

Usually when I show a picture from the Columbus Dispatch, it’s because they’ve shown somebody about town doing something while barefooted.

The picture from yesterday’s paper is a bit more serious.

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Fisherboy

Here’s another photo from the Columbus Dispatch. I’ll show them when they occasionally feature a barefooted person as part of their general feature of photos of people around town.

The photo appeared last Saturday.

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Dispatch Photos: Outdoor Yoga and a Museum Sandbox

Every day the Columbus Dispatch features a photograph of something out and about town. Occasionally, that photograph features a barefoot person.

After a bit of a drought, bare feet appeared in the photos for two days ago and for today.

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