Tied Up Today

My "sculpted" tie features a New York City taxi. I doubt that Beth will ever drive one, but today we're celebrating her delaye...

It's National Tartan Day ! By Congressional actions in 1998 and 2005, and a Presidential Proclamation in 2008, April 6th of each year is...

Happy Flowery Easter! We've seen croci, bluebells, daffodils and many fruit blossoms. Redbud trees are exploding everywhere. Lawns are f...

Two of my eight grandchildren were born on 3 April, in 2017 (Paul Robert) and 2022 (Dana Rose)! My tie shows a cascade of Mallie, Nate and P...

Snoopy and the rest of Charlie Brown's team are helping me celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first National League game, between t...

National Stripes Day is observed annually on 31 March. It's sponsored by the J. Crew company, intended (of course) to inspire you to bu...

Happy Birthday (yesterday), Amanda Wheeler! Amanda is our daughter-in-law whom we met with Ben's help some 20 years ago. Amanda creates ...

I'm wearing my birch trees tie today to honor Birch Tree Day (Bouleau, 7 Germinal) on the French Republican Calendar . It was created af...

Our tortoiseshell cat Portia Anne joined our family in 2022, as a two-year-old neighborhood wanderer. She adopted our porches as her territo...

My tie today features IBM "AT" desktop computers, which were sold from 1984-1987. The letters "AT" stood for Advanced Te...

Today marks the coincidental birthdays of Beth's grandmother Helen Anna (Bukowske) Wollenweber (1892-1976) and her great-grandmother Ann...

The third Saturday in March is National Quilting Day! My patchwork quilt tie was a gift from a resident at the Telford Terrace nursing home ...

Today marks the first round in this year's "March Madness" NCAA basketball tournaments. The men's and women's teams fr...

The Kleppinger name is not Irish, but we think my mother's York ancestors include some connections to the Emerald Isle. Of course on St....

Today is Lips Appreciation Day , created by Tom and Ruth Roy of Wellcat Herbals and Wellcat Holidays . It's simply a day to pay attentio...