Category: Under Your Feet

Bootblack Bella is International Ms. Bootblack 2013. She enjoys serving as a mentor and educator. She lives in Louisville, Ky., and her column runs monthly.

Under Your Feet – What Next?

“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” – John Barrymore How do you define dream?  How about accomplished?  Last one, how do you define successful?  Today’s post is not merely a vocabulary test, but in order to truly appreciate what I’m about to say, you need to understand what the…

Under Your Feet – You Win Some, You Lose Some

A huge part of our Leather, and our lives in general, is our ability as humans to forge relationships with one another.  It separates us from animals who mate out of instinct because we actually choose our partners based on personality, appearance, and common life goals.  However, just like animals, we sometimes find that people…

Under Your Feet – Asking to say I love you

Three words, eight letters, infinite meanings.  How did something so small become so powerful and big?  Or perhaps, it was never really small at all. Perhaps it was always our own personal slave Bitsy, it’s name concealing it’s true form.  We could spend our entire life questioning love and it’s surrounding details but today my…

Under Your Feet – Labels

I’ve done a lot of thinking tonight.  And while that could be caused by any number of things including fumes from the hair dye …. I think the thoughts are still worth mention. I had an absolutely surreal experience at IMsL this past weekend.  I met nearly all of the Leather people I had hoped…