April Fool Monday Style. . .

A rather quiet day on campus today. It seems, given the sunny day and the fact that it is Easter Monday -- which school pupils and college students once upon a time long ago had off -- that many students simply took a personal day whether they went home for the weekend, remained in town on campus. In any case, yours truly is not one to miss a chance to dress up a bit regardless of the day or occasion.

Still chilly despite the sunshine today, so a wool flannel three-piece remains a good choice. Soft and toasty warm. We've seen this vintage Polo number many times before. However, it has been a long while since the necktie has made an appearance as part of any ensemble. High time to remedy that omission.

I actually wore this tie on my wedding day back in June 2006, and it never fails to bring an added spring to my step when I wear it. Must do so again before too long since the semester ends in less than a month, and then, excepting a conference in New Orleans at the start of June, daily wear will soon enough revert to chino shorts, Madras, and pique knit Polo shirts, with the odd long-sleeved Rugby jersey for cooler mornings and evenings, until the Fall 2024 semester kicks off at the end of August.

But let's not pout the cart before the horse.

-- 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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