That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 19, 2020

Collective farming glass ceiling blues.

After working in the hot sun all afternoon, Julie regretted not wearing a bra.

Now where in the hell did I leave my shoes?

Now that another day’s work was done, Bridget could look forward to preparing dinner and helping the kids with their homework.

Hello Nana, it’s me Susan …. Susan …. YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER SUSAN!!! Yes, Nana. Now listen, did anyone drop off some shoes at the house? SHOES NANA, NOT NEWS, (((SHOES))), MY SHOES. I’m at work and I can’t find ….. SUSAN, YOUR GRAND DAUGH … oh screw it ///hangs up///

And all because she refused to join their union.

“An opportunity to get ahead in your field. That’s what they told me. This is what I get for believing them.”

For the 100th time that day Muriel reflected on the unfairness of life. In a fair world men would go through menstrual cycles too.

“Move to the country. It’ll be fun” they said.

I should have known “kinesiology” was a dead end major, mused Bridget.

On the bright side, she saved a lot by missing prom!

“Life…so they say, is but a dream and they let it slip away!……I can’t remember, was that Seals & Croft or England Dan and John Ford Coley…..guess I’ll put my shoes back on and get back to work. I hate ear worms.”

Auguste Rodin decides a naked guy on a rock would be better.

Until now, through life she had sailed/ but now Julie’s career was derailed/ ..she had always been seen/ as the “Queen of the Glean”/ ’til the day her deodorant failed !

“A la Recherche des Chaussures Perdus” ( in search of lost shoes..where Proust got his big idea..)

Does your v-neck look like a u-neck? If so, it is only half washed. Try brand x fabric softener for that fully cleaned look. (Apologies to readers outside of the US and Canada-this refers to a television commercial currently playing https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Ig10/ultra-downy-half-washed-the-u-neck-shirt ).

It could be worse. She could have been assigned to drive the ox team.

Laverne is excluded from Shirley’s new group of friends – and has lost her L in addition to her shoes and bra.

She was ostracized because she was not wearing a mask.

I’m so sad, I’m so sad, I’m sad I’m sad I’m sad.

I guess they call it the blues…

“Kick yore shoes off..set a spell..y’all come back now, Heath ?” – Jed Clampett

With a ratio of six women to every man, Julia knew she didn’t have a chance in hell to land a date for the Sadie Hawkins Dance.

“I gotta do something about this foot odor.”

Being told that “There was a man who was sad about having no shoes until he met a man with no feet” did nothing to make Julie any less sad about the loss of HER shoes.

Evening: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jules_Breton_-_Le_Soir.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this 1860 painting. First Other versions has strip coloration image.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/breton_jules.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/jules-breton 

http://www.all-art.org/history458-1.html 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/b/breton/biograph.html 

https://books.google.com/books?id=qxxSAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA476#v=onepage&q&f=false 

https://books.google.com/books?id=TVZGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q&f=false 

http://www.schillerandbodo.com/artists/breton/artworks/the-vintage-at-chateau 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/409 

http://www.artnet.com/artists/jules-breton/biography 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Jules_Adolphe_Aime_Louis_Breton/9000015/Jules_Adolphe_Aime_Louis_Breton.aspx 

https://prabook.com/web/jules.breton/3721553 

https://rehs.com/eng/default-19th20th-century-artist-bio-page/?fl_builder&artist_no=13&sold=1 

all have info, or links that point to, about this artist (again, the askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 9 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2020/05/04?comments=visible 

has the prior work (my comment there has the same artist info URLs).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2452 (May 18, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

I could’ve sworn he said to meet him right by the green hillock. Where the heck is he?

“So I’m barefoot. I’m pregnant. But what about that kitchen I was promised, huh? Don’t give that ‘two out of three ain’t bad’ business!”

Another day at work with all of the other graduates with degrees in Sociology.

Lucinda worked every day so she could buy shoes, then her feet got so tuff she didn’t need then, so she spent her money on a hairdo.

Julie finds out that pay in the syndicalist commune wasn’t as good as she’d been told!

“All I said was…”

Well – the day is over. Guess I need to walk home. Barefoot. Uphill. Through 3 feet of snow.