Day: August 18, 2020

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Hemingway Or Connery?

For the past 12 1/2 years I’ve been under the impression Dad passed on to the Great Coyote Hunt In The Sky. And then today, I’m flipping through the trillions of tv channels, when I come upon movie evidence that he has simply run off to be a monk AND the captain of a submarine. Wherever he is, I hope he’s happy. But if he’s not really dead already and Mom finds out he’s traipsing around in the pandemic world without her, she will surely hunt him down and see that he does indeed go to that Great Coyote Hunt In The Sky for real this time.

When I was working on my Master’s in Creative Writing at the University of Utah, my friends were all writers. When they would see a picture of my bearded dad in my apartment, they always commented that he was a good likeness for Ernest Hemingway. Of course, that’s what writers would see. Everyone else who saw him—especially in person—thought he was a near-ringer for Sean Connery. I can’t argue with either choice. He was a handsome fella, either way.

BTW Dad’s beard was all salt-and-pepper, not white as it appears in these pix. Blame my brilliant photographic skills and the disposable cameras I used back in the day.

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Impossible To Un-see

So I took a few days off from creating TIE O’ THE DAY, and I always feel guilty when I skip posting. It’s not like this is a “real” job, but it has its pressures. I’m no bigly deal, but I know I have readers here and there who panic when they don’t get their TIE O’ THE DAY fix. I hear from them, and they are loud. Mostly, if they haven’t seen me post for a few days, they are concerned I might have flipped my bipolar lid and gotten into a troubled state o’ mind, or they wonder if the remaining 1/3 of my pancreas—my Hanky Panky—is still working. I feel double guilt when I’ve put someone into a worry about me, and then it feels impossible for me to return to my posting.

I can be a funny and observant gal, but there’s a constant pressure with TIE O’ THE DAY to share my love o’ neckwear, and to write clever and wise anecdotes and stories to entertain and occasionally enlighten y’all with each post. Sometimes, I can’t even explain what TIE O’ THE DAY is supposed to be. It’s a project which is always evolving. Sketched green Bow Tie o’ the Day presents this photo of the music artist, Rina Sawayama as proof of said evolution. I was simply flipping through a magazine this morning, and I saw this photo. Of course, I immediately said to myself, “Self, this has to show up in TIE O’ THE DAY.” And here it is. I want this hairdo. I must have it.