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-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

CSA Pick-Up Style. . .

I t's getting to be that time in the summer! Yep, the garden fresh vegetables are starting to come in. Picked up the first half-share of the Grand Duchess' Summer 2024 community supported agriculture allotment late yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. Some delicious looking items that will make a nice salad for dinner this evening. Meanwhile, the Grand Duchess and Young Master are across Lake Michigan in Wisconsin visiting cousins for the next several days and attending a large annual airshow. while yours truly holds down the fort. More of the usual summertime fare in the attire photos featured. This particular shirt, while it has not appeared here in quite some time, is one of my favorites. An item that has been in the seasonal rotation for a dozen years or more. It ironed up nicely before I put it on and tucked it in. The chino shorts (with a 6" inseam. . . I know, I know.) are one of many such khaki pairs currently occupying the bottom drawer of my dressed. Regardl

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