Bring on the Cooler Weather!!!

A selection of heavier (and unironed) oxford cloth button-down shirts in my very cramped temporary closet. From left to right, two shades of blue, sea green, red, and pink university stripe shirts by Land's End, Brooks Brothers, and L.L. Bean.

Like many men in the online 'style' universe, cooler fall weather cannot arrive fast enough for yours truly. Yesterday was comfortable, today is downright cool, and, I believe, the forecast for the weekend looks promising. Gray, rainy, and cool. Ahhhhh. However, the longer term forecast for next week seems to indicate that warmer weather will return by midweek, or so. This being Michigan, that could always change, of course, and quickly too.

When Mother Nature finally makes up her mind, and Autumn arrives in earnest, it will be nice to haul out the tweeds, flannels, the heavier suits, and double-breasted items, as well as the heavier navy blazers. And, then there are the chunky OCBD shirts shown above, which are really too warm for temperatures above about 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and even that might be stretching things a bit. Still, a guy can dream until there is a a distinct nip in the air, right?

On that note, I finally managed to locate my heavy dark green duffle coat after fearing for much of the summer that it somehow disappeared in the move from Illinois. Apparently, it's in another closet in my wife's temporary home office at the far end of the apartment. Who knows? The weather might actually be cold enough here to wear the coat a bit more often this winter.

Finally, in other news, we meet with our real estate lady on Saturday (tomorrow) morning to set into motion formally the eventual purchase of a new home. Everything we want. Excellent schools, quiet area far enough away from campus, large front- and backyards, plenty of space indoors, etc., etc. If the stars align just right, we plan to move in just before Christmas during mid-December. I know, I know. . . Serenity now!

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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Up North Style. . .

Bad Dad makes a friend. YMP and Bad Dad on the shores of Lake Michigan. Or was that Crystal Lake? The Grand Duchess takes a selfie in her kayak. How NOT to impress the girls sunning themselves along the river. YMP and Bad Dad kayaking on the Platte River headed toward Loon Lake. J ust back from a week in Northern Michigan in a charming and spacious house on the banks of the Betsie River outside of Thompsonville. A largely pleasant seven days despite some challenging episodes with the Young Master, who has picked up some very questionable habits and language from his friends in the 8th Grade during the school year just ended. But otherwise, we enjoyed ourselves and contemplated remaining for a few days longer since the house was available. In the end, we decided to return home as planned originally since neither my wife, nor I wanted to spend the remaining days chained to our computers in Zoom meetings from our vacation destination. I actually managed to leave the laptop and ip

Mid-June Thursday Style. . .

A nother pretty typical variation on the theme for late spring, summer, and very early fall. I'm a huge fan of Madras and have several such shirts in the seasonal rotation. Lightweight, exceedingly comfortable, and even dressy when pressed and tucked in, which is the usual way of things here at Totleigh in the Wold. Now, if I had my druthers, I'd still rather be skiing the trails in the upper half of "The Mitten" (of Michigan), in the Upper Peninsula, or Ontario. But summers ain't so bad either, and I'd look pretty funny walking around in cross-country ski attire during June. -- Heinz-Ulrich

A Lazy Saturday at the End of June. . .

A sleepy first half of the weekend here at Totleigh. Warmer and quite humid ahead of an approaching cool front here in Mid-Michigan. Perfect for yet another pair of chino shorts an a seersucker shirt -- tucked in of course -- with the usual leather deck shoes and ribbon belt. Otherwise, not much accomplished beyond a page or so of writing and monkeying around with audio settings for an upcoming podcast episode. However, I was not completely useless yesterday! I made a huge fruit salad for dinner, which the Grand Duchess and I enjoyed a short while later at the table on the back porch. The Young Master, as is his wont on Saturday evenings, took his dinner on a tray in the TV room upstairs where he whiled away a couple of hours on Flight Simulator, flying some sort of commercial airliner to some destination across the Atlantic or Pacific. I would have loved that sort of technology at about nine or 10 way back during the late 1970s, aka The Stone Age. As it is, my sister and

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