Tomorrow is my 28th wedding anniversary. My wife and I have been together for even longer, 32 years in fact.
I have a wedding picture somewhere, but I’m not going to dig it out and scan it just yet. It was an improvised and wondrous occasion. We trooped down the street — barely a city block, actually — from our little apartment to an appointment with the justice of the peace in the country courthouse, accompanied by a dozen or more friends. I wore a derby and tails, my wife may have been wearing a raccoon coat we’d come by somehow. There was fur, anyway. I remember fur. After the ceremony, most of us went back to our place and drank champagne.
An hour later, we got invited to an impromptu dinner at a good friend’s country estate. It was snowing by then, and when I turned left outside of town, the car spun in a complete circle against oncoming traffic, then straightened itself out and continued in the right direction! We were all so drunk, we didn’t get scared.
It’s not going to snow here tomorrow, Allah be praised, but we are going to take a drive over the mountain to the Sugar Nymphs Bistro in Peñasco for lunch. After that, we’ll see what kind of condition the High Road is in after the last major snowstorm. If everything’s clear, we’ll do some exploring on the way to Truchas and back, and then head home. For over 30 years, I’ve been doing things like this with the same woman. I have no rational explanation and wouldn’t have it any other way. The universe provides, and that’s the extent of my knowledge. (She is my sunshine…)
Oh and by the way, you can take trapeze lessons right next door to the Sugar Nymphs Bistro! That’s right, circus instruction just over the mountain past all the “Elk Crossing” signs. Once we actually saw some elk crossing the road, too. Blew my mind.
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- From Santa Fe via the High Road
- Where We Were Today
- High Water Spring
- Apricots & the Terrible High Desert
- Madness on a Dirt Road
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I think that if a man is lucky enough to make only one good decision in his life, he should pray that it is in who he chooses as his bride. Happy Anniversary John.
Happy Anniversary!
We’re having our 25th this year, but like you, have known each other for over 30 years.
Long time to be together — glad you’re still having fun!
Congratulations John,
Sharing a life with another is the best gift we can give ourselves and to grow in love and laughter through the years is the best thing I have ever done.
Wishing you another 28 years John!
blessings and light,
Patsy