Blustery Saturday Errand Style. . .

Wife and child are away for a few days visiting grandparents, so yours truly has been left alone to run wild. In keeping with that theme, I headed out to run a few errands on Saturday midday, including dropping off a couple of warm weather things -- a beige suit and tan sports jacket with brown windowpane overlay -- at the tailor. These were left for later last fall.

Well, we have come to later, and warmer weather will eventually reach Michigan, so time to have a few last things seen to as part of The Great Alteration.

My other Saturday errand included a visit to the supermarket to pick up a few things. Most important was a new loaf of cinnamon raisin bread. Living out there on the bloody edge, I realize, but it is my favorite breakfast food, toasted or right out of the bag, and a couple of pieces go wonderfully with fresh, strong black coffee.

Otherwise, the wild abandon the last few days has included binging on various 21st century neo-noirs during the evenings, movies that are too psychologically dark for my wife to enjoy, including the Chinese film Long Day's Journey into Night (2018) by Bi Gan. A bit slow in places at 2+ hours in length, but definitely in the film noir camp, so right up my ally.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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Mid-November Monday. . .

A few minutes between classes this morning, so I snapped pictures of today's attire and accessories. The first wearing this season of the Optimo 'Dearborn' fedora, and the tie is a vintage number from Orvis, a nod to my late father's fly-fishing and fly-tying hobbies. It's been two or three years since this particular necktie's last appearance, so high time to pull it out and knot it carefully around the ol' neck. Managed to nail it on the first attempt too. Could this be the start of a trend? -- Heinz-Ulrich

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