Chapter 1 - Something's Afoot

It sounds like there is a mystery to solve here.

According to http://www.dictionary.com the human foot is the terminal part of the vertebrate leg upon which the body stands and moves.  It is such a part considered as the organ of locomotion.

With the foot (or a pair of feet) the human can balance the human body in an upright position or can move that body from one location to another by walking, running, skipping, dancing, jumping or another mode of movement that has failed to come to mind at the moment.

It is said that the human has used his/her foot to travel by foot, to get one's foot in the door, to start on the right foot, to start on the wrong foot, to get under foot, be bound hand and foot, caught flat footed, play footsies, wait on hand and foot, shoot oneself in the foot, or even put one's foot in one's mouth (I have actually seen this happen a few times).

The human foot has 26 bones.  2 in the rear, 5 in the mid and 19 making up the forefoot and toes.  It has 33 joints, 4 distinct archs and more than a hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments.

I have read where the average moderately active person will walk over 110,000 in their lifetime.  For that entire distance their feet will be their balancers, levers and shock absorbers.  Wow, that's a lot to ask your feet to do don't you think?

I can see that all of this is leading somewhere - but in what direction it is going I am not sure yet.  Please stay tuned for my next blog where we will follow clues in hopes of solving our mystery.

My Kittie Angel who is often underfoot.


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