Authors Note: I have over 20 pairs of boots ranging in styles and colors.  Most are all cowgirl boots.  I only wear boots!  The blue boots I am wearing in my homepage photo are my favorite. And I only wear all black jeans and tops, and my tight-fitting jeans MUST always be tucked inside my  boots.  It is the only way I will appear in the masses of strangers and family!  And they wonder!  And this is a plug for my novel FROM THE CONVENT TO THE RAWHIDE: THE SAGA OF SADIE CADE AND VI MONTANA to be released sometime in February or soon after.  You never know when the publishing industry is going to boot up.  Saddle graphic given to me by my friend Jenata.  Thanks Jenata!

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These Boots

Now that
she
is in
between
religions

she is going
to worship
the
cowgirl

and the
old
tradition
of living
on the
land.

She is
going
to try
life in
the saddle,

try to
understand
how it
works,

then paint
it on
burlap with
a sheaf
of
wheat,

the burlap
not the kind
in a cloth
store,but the
kind you
find on
a feed
sack.

Taking into
consideration
the
cowgirl's
stride,

how intense
of the
cowgirl
lifestyle
does she
want
to
live

by
choosing
it through
the type
of boot
she
wants,

height
of the
heel,

stitching
colors,

toe
shape,

and
pull straps.

Just how
much of
a
custom
fit of
a cowgirl
lifestyle
does
she
want?

Does she
want her
boot heels
layed up
one layer
at a
time with
wooden
pegs

and stitching
done by hand
and the
welting put
in like it
was
100 years
ago,

with a
curved
awl,

one stitch
at a time

built by
a
modern-day
bootmaker
keeping
true to
the old-world
ways.

How about
a pair of
vintage
cowgirl
boots like
the 50s
originals,

cut,
molded,
and
stitched
by hand
like the
pair sold
in Sundance
catalog?

Copyright 2005 Sage Sweetwater,firebrand lesbian novelist