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Hitting The Road

19 August 2013 / / Comments Off on Hitting The Road

I found a magazine among my stack the other day and flipped through it. It was a publication from the county in Northern California where, until recently, my mother Ann and stepfather Bob lived.

I read the ads and the few articles. The magazine was mostly designed for out of town visitors. I was particularly interested in the map on page 82.

There’s a covered bridge near their place?

I guess I did know that. Why on earth didn’t I check that out when I had the chance?

I was reminded of all the trips I decided not to make for no good reason. I skipped weddings and more.
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1 + 1 = 2

19 March 2013 / / Comments Off on 1 + 1 = 2

I used to attend a lot of weddings and I’m starting to think simple is just way better.

In my teens and 20s I had a mystic view of the wedding. There’s the music, the pomp and circumstance, the big dress the bride only wears once and then goes into a hermetically sealed box after being cleaned. Flowers magically appear along aisles in houses of worship.

Because I was known among friends and family as the person with the video camera and the know-how to use it properly, I shot and edited (with music of course) probably 10 weddings in two years. I was quite weary by the end of one particularly busy summer but I did really love the pageantry of it all.
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Investing In A Marriage

16 March 2013 / / One comment

Why is it that people will spend thousands of dollars for a wedding but can not invest in keeping a marriage going?

Often I have watched a husband and a wife give up and not fight for their marriage. If you want something bad enough then you have to put some effort into it. » Read more..

 
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