The Boot

As I stand here at work, googling this, that, and the other thing, I find myself on the Vogue website. One of every girl's guilty pleasures, endulging in that which they cannot have, I am looking at the piece on fall boots: booties, python, biker, wedges. The majority of these fabulous pieces of clothing cost well over $1000.

In a world where millions of people are homeless, families scrape to find food, unemployment is at an all time high, and countries around the world are struggling with war and debt: only in America will you find shoes selling for $3,000 and a waitlist to buy them.

The Army National Guard Lives On

Specialist Pat Walsh, serving in the 181^st Infantry Regiment of the National Guard, awakes every morning in the bitter cold of Afghanistan and prepares for his daily mission of fighting for his country. He is not the first, nor will he be the last, as the 181^st Infantry Regiment is one of the oldest units in the United States Military.

Each day the sun rises upon him presenting a new challenge he must face and over come. He joined the National Guard in September of 2007 and is based in Cambridge Massachusetts. “In the National Guard I can pursue a career as a civilian and serve my country, which was a big goal of mine”, Walsh told me as we emailed back and forth during his deployment. When asked if he had any regrets about joining and being so far away from family, his girlfriend, and friends he replied, “ no regrets, besides missing sporting events”, before laughing and adding in “no, in all seriousness I don’t regret joining. The hardest part is feeling like I’m growing apart from some people, but they say that is to be expected.”