Another rollercoaster of a year. Big ups, devastating downs ( Read more... )

Star over Monhegan, Atlantic star,
Lantern without a bearer, you drift,
You, too, are drifting, in spite of your course;
Unless in the darkness, brightly-crowned,
You are the will, if there is a will,
Or the portent of a will that was,
One of the portents of the will that was.

-- Wallace Stevens - "Variations on a Summer Day"I underwent hypnosis ( Read more... )

As of yesterday, an MRI, and depending on the results of that, possibly surgery ( Read more... )

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

{darrell ♥ christina} ~ full wedding ceremony from Christina Marcet on Vimeo.

Don't want to see the entire ceremony? There's a mini highlights reel (only 6 minutes long) here.

Click to view

Today, I'm three weeks away from the wedding day I've been dreaming about all of my life ( Read more... )

Please send me your kindest, gentlest thoughts.

Please.

He halted in the wind, and--what was that ( Read more... )

By rigorously applying our criteria, we narrowed down our venue choices to five, in no particular order:

1. The Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto
2. Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park
3. Elizabeth Gamble Garden in Palo Alto
4. The Cypress Hotel in Cupertino5. and the Women's Club of Palo Alto ( Read more... )

Checked out a new possible wedding location: The Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park ( Read more... )