And now, a Marriage Announcement
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ellenkushnerDon't worry, I'm still keeping an eye on the NYTimes paid Death notices for more summations of amazing lives . . . but first, a wedding report
She's 75, he's 80. Each was once monarch at the St Paul Winter Carnival. They married Feb. 5. My favorite lines:
SHE:
Mrs. Furlong’s growing feelings caught her off guard. “You’re looking out of the same eyes as you did at 30, and it’s still the same world, with trees and snow.” But there was a shift in the landscape. “All of the sudden, I realized, my God, am I 16 again? What’s the matter with me?"
HE:
“We don’t have to impress them and go to high-price places all the time . . . That’s the way I am, and that’s the way she is too, and it’s pretty damn nice.”
SHE
Mrs. Furlong said she understands why some might question the need for an actual wedding. “At our age, what the heck difference does it make?” she said.
HE:
But Mr. Hall explained for them: “Love is a word that means different things to different people, but we’ll have a commitment, which is why we’re getting married,” he said. “It’s because of the grandkids. We didn’t want them to think we’re just sleeping together. We just think it’s proper — if you live together, a male and a female, and you’re sharing your life together.”
Delete that "male and female," and I think you'd have to go far to find a nicer description of why folks want -and should be allowed - to get married.
She's 75, he's 80. Each was once monarch at the St Paul Winter Carnival. They married Feb. 5. My favorite lines:
SHE:
Mrs. Furlong’s growing feelings caught her off guard. “You’re looking out of the same eyes as you did at 30, and it’s still the same world, with trees and snow.” But there was a shift in the landscape. “All of the sudden, I realized, my God, am I 16 again? What’s the matter with me?"
HE:
“We don’t have to impress them and go to high-price places all the time . . . That’s the way I am, and that’s the way she is too, and it’s pretty damn nice.”
SHE
Mrs. Furlong said she understands why some might question the need for an actual wedding. “At our age, what the heck difference does it make?” she said.
HE:
But Mr. Hall explained for them: “Love is a word that means different things to different people, but we’ll have a commitment, which is why we’re getting married,” he said. “It’s because of the grandkids. We didn’t want them to think we’re just sleeping together. We just think it’s proper — if you live together, a male and a female, and you’re sharing your life together.”
Delete that "male and female," and I think you'd have to go far to find a nicer description of why folks want -and should be allowed - to get married.
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Date: 2011-03-07 02:49 pm (UTC)One word really brought me up sharp: The Kings wear Borgana cloaks. Now that's a word from my childhood, when indeed this was the Fabric of the Future--the high-priced equivalent of today's high-tech Polarfleece, it was entirely artificial yet extraordinarily warm--and (as you see) very pretty.
I was given a white Borgana coat with red piping when I was a pre-teenage showroom model for a New York manufacturer.
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Date: 2011-03-08 04:48 am (UTC)