Day: March 25, 2018

Tie O’ The Day brings you my grandparents, Popo and Momo, in their Millard Academy (Hinckley) high school pictures, from the mid-1920’s. I’ve always thought of these pics as “the Bonnie and Clyde photos,” since they were snapped near that same time period, and the fashion was similar. Momo and Popo were not gangsters. They were beekeepers and farmers. Popo had a pilot’s license. Every Saturday, I watched HEE HAW and THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW with them, and Popo made stove-top popcorn. What a gangsta childhood! 👔 👛

Tie o’ the Day is worn by Dad’s father, Walter Wright. Most of us grandkids called him Popo. Popo was gallant and chivalrous. He lived to love my grandma, Momo. They made a habit of sitting on their couch, holding hands. They sat on their porch every evening. They worked in their garden almost full-time, and it showed. Momo and Popo are going to kick my butt when I die, cuz when I bought their house, there was no way I alone could keep their garden beautiful.