So yesterday(April 30th) was the fifth wedding anniversary(they wed in 2005) of my sis, Tina and her hubby, Tom.
Their wedding was an intimate, sunny affair, held dockside and with birds flying overhead. My beautifully-blond, sunny sister had chosen the perfect venue for her: filled with lightness, and sweetness.
They live faraway, so I celebrated here in my house in Georgia, by looking at pictures of that exuberant couple, and of us celebrating at their wedding.
Later at night, Hansoo(my husband) says, "Hey, remember I told you I'd look for that cd from our own wedding?"
"The one that has, like, 900 photos on it?"
"Yeah, that one..."
So, I ended up looking at all 900-and-something(no kidding, our marvelous wedding-photographer snapped that many!),and was tickled to see so many of Tina & Tom enjoying themselves, at our own wedding.(We married on Feburary 10th 2007).
The fact that may surprise you all who are reading this, is that I never saw most of these pictures from our own wedding, at all.
Why?
Because shortly after our wedding, after reviewing only a few dozen photos, I began to be absolutely "sick" of my own face. It was just dizzying...
I simply did NOT want to be saddled with "choosing" the 300 photos we were allowed for the huge wedding-album Heidi Hofman(our photographer)was creating for us.
So I gave that responsibility to Hansoo, who did a great job of selecting a mix of photos of family and friends for us, which then went into our official album.
But seeing all 900+ photographs last night(he put them in a slideshow setting, so I could watch it, hands-free, on computer) was amazing!
This time, now three years since our wedding, I could enjoy seeing my "young" face lit up in joy, and what was especially rewarding was seeing all those moments everyone experienced---and that I lived---captured!
The shots that made my lip, tremble:
my sis(and my Matron-of-Honor) Tina, kneeling, struggling--with a smile-- to get my sky-high heels onto my feet, and later shots of Breaz(my sweet niece)looking inquiringly, as I peered into the mirror.
I loved seeing my vibrant Aunt Carolyn Service(my Daddy's sis), dancing, doing kicks, and tilting her head towards me, in the way she often does, whenever we are photographed, together.It made me cry, epecially since Aunt Carolyn, on the 7th of April of this year, suffered a heart attack, and is taking some time away from her Florida Sherriff's Deputy job.
This photographer was so good, she captured everything from my nervous glance at my Dad--John, before we began the march down the aisle, to my entreating my Mom--Demetra, and cuz Gigi, onto the dance floor with pals and bridesmaids Coral and Jeanne....to the tear precariously perched just below Hansoo's left eye, as his family's dear friend, Mr. Gavin, gave a heartfelt toast. I recall Hansoo was deeply moved when Mr. Gavin spoke of how proud he was of Hansoo's many accomplishments, and especially when he spoke of Hansoo's Hominee'(maternal grandmother), who because of infirmity, could not be with us that night.
There are a couple of great shots of Mary Jean and Joe Goode, dancing a slow dance, towards the end of the reception, and they look as in-love as any pair of teenagers(they are my beloved friends from my Pax Christi group, and they are now both in their 70's). Musician, songwriter and poet, Kodac Harrison looks beguiling, as he dances with dear friend, Ellen Lindquist.Poet pal Dustin Brookshire is boogeying with the very strawberry-blond, tall and sexy poet, Jess Hand, and on and on it goes....
I saw shots of the crowd, taken near the end of the reception, and a couple of exhausted-looking folks(that would be Hansoo & I), and I was so excited seeing my dress again, I actually went to my bedroom closet, and searched through my "wedding box", just to run my hands over the silk, once again.
I hope Tina & Tom, in celebrating their five years together, are lifted-up in knowing how grateful we(Hansoo & I) are, in having them, and so many great family and friends, here for for all of us.
Happy Anniversary to that couple we saw wed, dockside, in Florida.
Happy Anniversary, Tina & Tom.
I hope my memories of my own wedding, trigger happy ones of your own.
Our photos, coming soon. Three years, after-the-fact.
Peace, kids.
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
Sunday, July 05, 2009
TAGGED BY THORNE, OF THE BLOG, THORNE'S WORLD.
TAGGED BY THORNE, OF THE BLOG, THORNE'S WORLD.
I am supposed to list seven things most people do not know about me.
I think I probably covered a lot of this, in my "25 Random Things About Me" post, at this blog, Lisa Allender Writes, back in Feburary of this year(2009).
But I'll do a stream-of-consciousness thing here, and just write whatever pops into my head:
1) I would still love to have a baby brother, or older brother. It may be why I've always had so many male friends become life-long friends. I'm very fortunate in that regard.
2) I had a brief fling with a very famous rock star.(Hint: he was hugely popular in the 1980's, and early 1990's.)
3) I was Non-Theist, or A-theist, for over 17 years, and by a series of things I could not explain(all good!) I found myself as of late 2003/early 2004, on a spiritual quest--which I'm still on. I call myself a Catholic-Christian by culture, and a spiritual seeker.
4) How I define my bisexuality:
In 1989, I said "I love vanilla ice cream, but sometimes, I want strawberry."
By 1992, I defined it as:
"I fall in love with the person, not the gender."
5) I would like to adopt a child, perhaps an older child who is labeled "unadoptable". I never had that burning desire to birth a child, but believe I may have some good to offer a child who has no home/parent.
6)I hate mayonnaise. It's okay mixed into a potato salad(sometimes) but I would NEVER eat it on a sandwich. Yuck!
7)I think actors who perform onstage are never given enough credit. It's exhilirating--and exhausting-- work, making every time you perform, "fresh", and seemingly "new".
Here's the link to Thorne, and "Thorne's World", and the entry that spawned this response from me.
http://thornesworld.com/2009/05/31/black-magick-white-witches-and-true-will/comment-page-1/#comment-2158
I tag:
Jayne Harnett-Hargrove, of the blog, "Harnett-Hargrove".
Marianna, of the blog, "A Momentary Cloudiness of a 'Dirty' Mind".
Betmo, of "Betmo's Corner".
Average American Patriot, of "An Average American Patriot".
Dustin Brookshire, of the blog, "I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin".
There are links to all of the above, just to the right of this post, in the column marked "Poets, Bloggers, and Others".
Look for a special post coming up this week, at Lisa Allender Writes, on why I love my Pax Christi(Peace Christ) chapter (reprinted, with a few additions, from my most recent post at my blog,"Practice What You Peace").
Peace, kids.
I am supposed to list seven things most people do not know about me.
I think I probably covered a lot of this, in my "25 Random Things About Me" post, at this blog, Lisa Allender Writes, back in Feburary of this year(2009).
But I'll do a stream-of-consciousness thing here, and just write whatever pops into my head:
1) I would still love to have a baby brother, or older brother. It may be why I've always had so many male friends become life-long friends. I'm very fortunate in that regard.
2) I had a brief fling with a very famous rock star.(Hint: he was hugely popular in the 1980's, and early 1990's.)
3) I was Non-Theist, or A-theist, for over 17 years, and by a series of things I could not explain(all good!) I found myself as of late 2003/early 2004, on a spiritual quest--which I'm still on. I call myself a Catholic-Christian by culture, and a spiritual seeker.
4) How I define my bisexuality:
In 1989, I said "I love vanilla ice cream, but sometimes, I want strawberry."
By 1992, I defined it as:
"I fall in love with the person, not the gender."
5) I would like to adopt a child, perhaps an older child who is labeled "unadoptable". I never had that burning desire to birth a child, but believe I may have some good to offer a child who has no home/parent.
6)I hate mayonnaise. It's okay mixed into a potato salad(sometimes) but I would NEVER eat it on a sandwich. Yuck!
7)I think actors who perform onstage are never given enough credit. It's exhilirating--and exhausting-- work, making every time you perform, "fresh", and seemingly "new".
Here's the link to Thorne, and "Thorne's World", and the entry that spawned this response from me.
http://thornesworld.com/2009/05/31/black-magick-white-witches-and-true-will/comment-page-1/#comment-2158
I tag:
Jayne Harnett-Hargrove, of the blog, "Harnett-Hargrove".
Marianna, of the blog, "A Momentary Cloudiness of a 'Dirty' Mind".
Betmo, of "Betmo's Corner".
Average American Patriot, of "An Average American Patriot".
Dustin Brookshire, of the blog, "I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin".
There are links to all of the above, just to the right of this post, in the column marked "Poets, Bloggers, and Others".
Look for a special post coming up this week, at Lisa Allender Writes, on why I love my Pax Christi(Peace Christ) chapter (reprinted, with a few additions, from my most recent post at my blog,"Practice What You Peace").
Peace, kids.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
YOU CAN MAKE HISTORY. BY HELPING TO SAVE A GREAT INDIE BOOKSTORE: WORDSMITHS' BOOKS!!!!
with great thanks to Collin Kelley and Dustin Brookshire(Links to their Blogs, to the right of this column) for giving this the attention it deserves! Please consider sending a few dollars, or better yet--sending a few dollars AND stopping in to buy a book or two!
See the letter from the owner of Decatur, Georgia's Wordsmiths' Books, below:
We need your help to save our bookstore.
Beginning today, August 4th, and leading through a weekend fundraising event August 15th-August 17th, I am opening myself to your assistance. It doesn't matter how small your contribution is--with enough help it will all add up in the end. If you want to offer $25, $50, $100, $200, anything at all, it can help. My greatest hope is to not only save our bookstore now, but to offer in return for your help some sense of benefit when we are once again stabilized.The fact is that Wordsmiths Books is, as an idea and in execution, a great bookstore and it can be so much more given the chance. We are not fighting declining sales, nor are we fighting customer apathy, or even a lagging book market. We are fighting only the debt created by starting in the wrong location. Despite the depths of our need, despite the fact that it leaves me no alternative but to seek your help, we still see the opportunity that lies before us here, on the Square and in the welcoming home of Decatur. We wish to have the opportunity to survive here, to grow and continue to bring to you the same level of entertainment and literary merit that you have come to expect from us. We just need help to get there. We need your help to survive today.
If you are willing to help, you can call the store at (404) 378-7166, you can stop by or you can visit http://www.wordsmithsbooks.com/
and click on the Donation button on our home page.
If you prefer to utilize the mail, then our address is:
545 N. McDonough Street,
Decatur, Georgia 30030.
There are questions that you have, I am sure. Please ask them. Email me at zach@wordsmithsbook.com , call the store (404-378-7166) or stop by. I am not averse to discussing the matter on any level to anybody. Simply put, we--the entire Wordsmiths Books family--are at your mercy. I will be blogging daily (or as close to daily as is possible) with updates and further information. Again, no amount is too small. We want nothing more than the opportunity to continue to be the bookstore we have been all along. Your help is greatly appreciated and will not be forgotten.
Thank you,
Zachary Steele, Owner/Operator Wordsmiths Books
Peace, kids. In this case, making Peace means providing a bit of Social Justice(redistribution of wealth!).
with great thanks to Collin Kelley and Dustin Brookshire(Links to their Blogs, to the right of this column) for giving this the attention it deserves! Please consider sending a few dollars, or better yet--sending a few dollars AND stopping in to buy a book or two!
See the letter from the owner of Decatur, Georgia's Wordsmiths' Books, below:
We need your help to save our bookstore.
Beginning today, August 4th, and leading through a weekend fundraising event August 15th-August 17th, I am opening myself to your assistance. It doesn't matter how small your contribution is--with enough help it will all add up in the end. If you want to offer $25, $50, $100, $200, anything at all, it can help. My greatest hope is to not only save our bookstore now, but to offer in return for your help some sense of benefit when we are once again stabilized.The fact is that Wordsmiths Books is, as an idea and in execution, a great bookstore and it can be so much more given the chance. We are not fighting declining sales, nor are we fighting customer apathy, or even a lagging book market. We are fighting only the debt created by starting in the wrong location. Despite the depths of our need, despite the fact that it leaves me no alternative but to seek your help, we still see the opportunity that lies before us here, on the Square and in the welcoming home of Decatur. We wish to have the opportunity to survive here, to grow and continue to bring to you the same level of entertainment and literary merit that you have come to expect from us. We just need help to get there. We need your help to survive today.
If you are willing to help, you can call the store at (404) 378-7166, you can stop by or you can visit http://www.wordsmithsbooks.com/
and click on the Donation button on our home page.
If you prefer to utilize the mail, then our address is:
545 N. McDonough Street,
Decatur, Georgia 30030.
There are questions that you have, I am sure. Please ask them. Email me at zach@wordsmithsbook.com , call the store (404-378-7166) or stop by. I am not averse to discussing the matter on any level to anybody. Simply put, we--the entire Wordsmiths Books family--are at your mercy. I will be blogging daily (or as close to daily as is possible) with updates and further information. Again, no amount is too small. We want nothing more than the opportunity to continue to be the bookstore we have been all along. Your help is greatly appreciated and will not be forgotten.
Thank you,
Zachary Steele, Owner/Operator Wordsmiths Books
Peace, kids. In this case, making Peace means providing a bit of Social Justice(redistribution of wealth!).
Monday, March 03, 2008
THE LAUNCH OF "LIMP WRIST" AT OUTWRITE.
I should explain the extreme delay in posting about the marvelous evening Dustin Brookshire delivered last Thursday.The weekend has gone by, with my computer nearly completely crashing on Friday and Saturday(it sort-of-works, currently.I need a Mac. Desperately.), AND I became terribly ill as of Friday evening--fever, head cold, coughing, you-name-it. Ugh.I won't go on about this illness, but I get better.Soon.
Back to the wonderful reading last Thursday.
A few pieces to spotlight:
Laure Anne Bosselaar--my God, what vibrance in her eyes.Her words. Her subjects. It was even more compelling than I had imagined, hearing her in person....Ahhhh....
Collin Kelley and Dustin were in rare form, and a lovely thing named Genevieve Lyons(her eyes remind me of the gorgeous french actress who portrayed the sculptor, Camille Claudel, a couple of decades ago, on film--gosh, what is her name? Help me out, kids...)read Denise Duhamel's work.I became familiar with Denise Duhamel through Maureen Seaton, who I was extremely fortunate to have been paired up with, at Indiana University's Writers' Conference,, in Summer, 2004.Ms. Duhamel was a former writing partner of Ms. Seaton's.Wonderful work.
Stacey Boschma's dramatic poems were both red-hot, and chilling.
I was pleased to read some poems of Beth Gylys--especially the new piece which will be found in Limp Wrist!
I took notes while everyone read. Jotted down phrases I found interesting.Perhaps I'll devise a "found poem" from that evening, and post it, soon.
The turn-out was pretty grand, too.My pal Yolanda showed up, as did my new friend Rosa, and her sexy female friend.
Dustin had Jenny J. appetizers and cookies from Cousins' Baked Goods. I hope to have a LINK to both of them, soon!
Look for Limp Wrist Magazine to be on the net, within a week!
I should explain the extreme delay in posting about the marvelous evening Dustin Brookshire delivered last Thursday.The weekend has gone by, with my computer nearly completely crashing on Friday and Saturday(it sort-of-works, currently.I need a Mac. Desperately.), AND I became terribly ill as of Friday evening--fever, head cold, coughing, you-name-it. Ugh.I won't go on about this illness, but I get better.Soon.
Back to the wonderful reading last Thursday.
A few pieces to spotlight:
Laure Anne Bosselaar--my God, what vibrance in her eyes.Her words. Her subjects. It was even more compelling than I had imagined, hearing her in person....Ahhhh....
Collin Kelley and Dustin were in rare form, and a lovely thing named Genevieve Lyons(her eyes remind me of the gorgeous french actress who portrayed the sculptor, Camille Claudel, a couple of decades ago, on film--gosh, what is her name? Help me out, kids...)read Denise Duhamel's work.I became familiar with Denise Duhamel through Maureen Seaton, who I was extremely fortunate to have been paired up with, at Indiana University's Writers' Conference,, in Summer, 2004.Ms. Duhamel was a former writing partner of Ms. Seaton's.Wonderful work.
Stacey Boschma's dramatic poems were both red-hot, and chilling.
I was pleased to read some poems of Beth Gylys--especially the new piece which will be found in Limp Wrist!
I took notes while everyone read. Jotted down phrases I found interesting.Perhaps I'll devise a "found poem" from that evening, and post it, soon.
The turn-out was pretty grand, too.My pal Yolanda showed up, as did my new friend Rosa, and her sexy female friend.
Dustin had Jenny J. appetizers and cookies from Cousins' Baked Goods. I hope to have a LINK to both of them, soon!
Look for Limp Wrist Magazine to be on the net, within a week!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
WHAT'S UP.
The big celebration--the big launch-party--and what I'm calling a true "Gayla" for Limp Wrist magazine, is on Thursday evening, at everyone's favorite bookstore, "Outwrite", in Midtown Atlanta!!The party gets started at 8:00 P.M., but creator of Limp Wrist, Dustin Brookshire says "If you operate on gay-time, then the party begins at 7:30 p.m.."
I plan to arrive by 7:00 P.M., to browse and have a nice coffee, and am excited to be able to read aloud a few of the marvelous poems of Dr. Beth Gylys', who is one of many well-known, and extremely talented poets highligted in the inaugrual issue!
It should be a virtual Who's Who of the literary community of Atlanta and the Southeast...
Come on OUT for fun and games, great reads, and PRIZES! See Outwrite, Limp Wrist, and Dustin Brookshire's Blog-- I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin-- in my list of Links, right next to this column. Just scroll on down!
Other stuff:
Tomorrow(Wednesday), I begin work with the BookPALS program via my membership in SAG. This wonderful SAG charity does outreach in elementary schools, by reading to children once a week, every week, in order to stimulate their imaginations--and get them excited about reading--which thereby improves their own writing!The school I'll be working with is fairly close to me, and I'll be working with second-graders.
I'm taking a few different books with me tomorrow, and will meet with the teachers of each class(I have two classes).
The big celebration--the big launch-party--and what I'm calling a true "Gayla" for Limp Wrist magazine, is on Thursday evening, at everyone's favorite bookstore, "Outwrite", in Midtown Atlanta!!The party gets started at 8:00 P.M., but creator of Limp Wrist, Dustin Brookshire says "If you operate on gay-time, then the party begins at 7:30 p.m.."
I plan to arrive by 7:00 P.M., to browse and have a nice coffee, and am excited to be able to read aloud a few of the marvelous poems of Dr. Beth Gylys', who is one of many well-known, and extremely talented poets highligted in the inaugrual issue!
It should be a virtual Who's Who of the literary community of Atlanta and the Southeast...
Come on OUT for fun and games, great reads, and PRIZES! See Outwrite, Limp Wrist, and Dustin Brookshire's Blog-- I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin-- in my list of Links, right next to this column. Just scroll on down!
Other stuff:
Tomorrow(Wednesday), I begin work with the BookPALS program via my membership in SAG. This wonderful SAG charity does outreach in elementary schools, by reading to children once a week, every week, in order to stimulate their imaginations--and get them excited about reading--which thereby improves their own writing!The school I'll be working with is fairly close to me, and I'll be working with second-graders.
I'm taking a few different books with me tomorrow, and will meet with the teachers of each class(I have two classes).
Saturday, February 02, 2008
DEMS "DEBATE"....
I did not see a whole lot of difference in terms of opinions, and views, and actual PLANS between Obama, and Hillary....
that said, Obama is the one for me.He has, as I've repeated for almost two years now(even before he decided to run), NO ties to lobbyists money, and/or major corporations(Hillary unfortunately, definitely does have a lot she "owes" these kinds of folks).
Obama's momentum appears unstoppable.
And, I think he can actually WIN over John "Grandpa Munster" (thank you, Bill Maher!)McCain.
Hillary at the top of the Dems ticket would be a mistake, but I do think (if she'll actually accept the second-slot)vice-president would be okay with most folks.
Still wishing John Edwards had hung in there, for the second-slot, but those days I suppose, are gone(sigh).
I had been sending out info on Edwards, and had simultaneously signed up with Obama's campaign, a few months ago.
After Edwards dropped out, I signed on to do more campaigning for Obama, which begins for me, this weekend.
Other news:
REMEMBER: Wednesday, February 13th-- be there by 7:00 P.M., to ensure a good seat--Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Judson ("The Sweet Everlasting")Mitcham, reading from his new collection of poems, and hey--yours truly, reading alongside this literary giant!
Come on out to hear the wonderful Judson Mitcham, and hear me read from my "Words From Water: Poems", too.
$5.00 for General Admission, and $3.00 for Students and Seniors.
REMEMBER: February 29th is the RELEASE-PARTY for Dustin Brookshire's LIMP WRIST Literary Magazine!!
BE AT OUTWRITE BOOKS that night, for all the excitement!!
Get more details by clicking on the Limp Wrist link at the right of this column!
See you soon!
I did not see a whole lot of difference in terms of opinions, and views, and actual PLANS between Obama, and Hillary....
that said, Obama is the one for me.He has, as I've repeated for almost two years now(even before he decided to run), NO ties to lobbyists money, and/or major corporations(Hillary unfortunately, definitely does have a lot she "owes" these kinds of folks).
Obama's momentum appears unstoppable.
And, I think he can actually WIN over John "Grandpa Munster" (thank you, Bill Maher!)McCain.
Hillary at the top of the Dems ticket would be a mistake, but I do think (if she'll actually accept the second-slot)vice-president would be okay with most folks.
Still wishing John Edwards had hung in there, for the second-slot, but those days I suppose, are gone(sigh).
I had been sending out info on Edwards, and had simultaneously signed up with Obama's campaign, a few months ago.
After Edwards dropped out, I signed on to do more campaigning for Obama, which begins for me, this weekend.
Other news:
REMEMBER: Wednesday, February 13th-- be there by 7:00 P.M., to ensure a good seat--Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Judson ("The Sweet Everlasting")Mitcham, reading from his new collection of poems, and hey--yours truly, reading alongside this literary giant!
Come on out to hear the wonderful Judson Mitcham, and hear me read from my "Words From Water: Poems", too.
$5.00 for General Admission, and $3.00 for Students and Seniors.
REMEMBER: February 29th is the RELEASE-PARTY for Dustin Brookshire's LIMP WRIST Literary Magazine!!
BE AT OUTWRITE BOOKS that night, for all the excitement!!
Get more details by clicking on the Limp Wrist link at the right of this column!
See you soon!
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