Tied Up Today

Beth and I have now been married for 50 years! On Saturday (9 August) we celebrated with an excellent dinner at Papaleno's in Berea, and...

My New York City tie is here to celebrate the Statue of Liberty. The cornerstone for its installation on Bedloe's Island was laid on 5 A...

Today's tie was a birthday gift from granddaughter Evelyn. It is one of the very few textured ties in my collection. From a distance it ...

Can you guess what I got for my birthday? NEW TIES! This shiny silver-gold-and-brown pattern was chosen by grandson Branston. He says it res...

Happy Birthday to me! Given that I have upwards of 370 ties, the set of those I haven't worn for several years keeps growing! About fort...

Today we are celebrating Evelyn's birthday (yesterday). She asked me to wear these pink and purple shiny stripes and diamonds, and she a...

Tonight I attended a celebration of the life of Dr. Patrick Nnoromele (1954-2025). I wore this brilliantly colorful tie to suit the family...

 For his birthday today, Jonathan chose my tie using some convoluted arithmetic: He noted that he was 733 days old when I turned 37 (in 1988...

National Father-in-Law Day is celebrated annually on 30 July. My FIL Robert Wollenweber (1925-2016) was a wonderful example of love and hap...

Almost every year I celebrate Watering Can Day by wearing this awesome tie. This time it was especially appropriate because our cherry tomat...

For her half-birthday Beth asked me to wear this coffee beans tie! She is clearly an everyday addict, but she stops drinking the stuff befor...

Today (25 July) marks the birthday of John Wade, a good friend from Friday morning donuts! John is a past dean of Arts and Sciences at EKU (...

Yesterday (21 July) was the birthday of Mary Cox-Sweet, one of  my favorite fans of my ties! She "likes" each of my new posts. We ...

It's National Pennsylvania Day! I was born there! There is no historical significance for 20 July, but the keepers of the National Day C...

I have no special reason to wear this wonderful Starry Night tie today, except that it's been out of sight for two and a half years! You...