Archive: January, 2010
On The Same Page
A great deal is made about the wedding vows. As an erstwhile Episcopalian, I find the words from the 1662 Church of England Book of Common Prayer poetic. There is something very satisfying in that grand finale: “With this Ring I thee wed, with my Body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods…
Stumbles on the Rose-Petal Path
I am generally uneasy when things go too smoothly. Clarity of vision and ease of execution merely lull one into a dream state. Stumbling, however, keeps one awake and alert. Take the rings, for instance. After a flurry of shopping-like activity, we chose a ring that is perfection itself. When it arrived, we were also…
A Marriage Proposal
Just after the stroke of midnight, in the first moments of New Year’s Day, my Dear One proposed marriage. It was quiet there on our couch and I was full of Spanish bubbly and we were watching fireworks explode on television over the Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Of course I said yes. Suddenly there seemed to…
Florida Shivers
It’s only hours until we depart Florida and we’ll be as cold when we leave as we will be when we get home. Not to complain, of course. We came here to have a week of comparative warmth and that it what we got. It was much worse in Maryland. How cold is it in…
