May 25, 2008

The wedding was beautiful, and very much, from my perspective, the joining together of aristocratic houses. Everyone on both sides was svelte and professional. Not a hillbilly or a black sheep among them. The bride was gorgeous. The mothers of the bride and groom were gorgeous. I wore Charles McKinley’s Trinity Dublin gown to preside over the ceremony. I think I did all right. I was conscious the whole time that any number of people, the bride in particular, would think of this as THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN MY LIFE and I was not going to be the one to screw it up. The drive home was eventful in the mind if not so much upon the road. And I have found another place on earth I would happily return to.