Monday Online Meeting and Office Hours Style. . .

A brown Glen Plaid jacket (three-button with the middle one fastened in this photograph), light blue oxford cloth button-down, and a fun necktie on top. As close as I will get to so called 'novelty' ties.

Penny loafers, mid-blue over-the-calf cotton dress socks, braided brown belt, and olive chinos on the bottom. No high shine on these loafers, but occasional moisturizer and a good buffing with one of my grandfather's horse hair shoe brushes in the morning keeps a pleasant sheen on the leather.

It was actually a bit on the cold side for these lighter garments yesterday. Since I actually felt a bit chilly at one point while 'Zooming' at the dining room table, I should've gone with tweed and cords, or maybe a flannel suit. But I did not need to venture outside into the blustery morning that was, so the combination of items chosen worked for the day. Seasonally jumping the gun as it were. It's really mid-May before the weather is what you could call "warm" here in mid-Michigan.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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