Spring 2023 Semester Kick-Off. . .

"Back to the salt mines!" as my late and much missed maternal grandfather might have put it. Coincidentally, his birthday is today, so I plan to toast him with a crystal glass of single malt by the hearth this evening.

Today is also the start of the new semester, so I have opted for my wool flannel three-piece suit among other things shown. Notably, the necktie is a vintage Ancient Madder type (Robert Talbot) that, while it does not see the light of day often enough, always knots well the first time through.

Hmm. I must wear it more often since it is dark and understated. Although it is patterned, it seems to work very well with a suit.

The tweed cap (Ben Silver) was a Christmas gift two weeks ago from The Grand Duchess. As I kidded with my sister via text message this morning, I feel as jaunty as Peter O'Toole, in the role of French fashion magazine editor Michael James, in What's New Pussycat? (1965).

Ahh. Feels nice to be dressed a bit more formally once again.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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"If you see something you want. . ."

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