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The last item on my wedding to-do list.

I would like to pick wild greens in public places that have not been sprayed with pesticides.
I would like to eat them.
I would like to visit a bee farm and watch things cling to one another.
I would like to arrive.

The other morning when I got to a temporary work assignment I walked in the morning fog and took long, cleansing breaths. I turned file boxes on their sides to ease the strain. I did not wait for things to get better, for the day to pass; I let myself bloom. I took a chance rather than waiting for one. The previous day I had cut my fingers and my body ached from the way that I was performing my tasks. Rather than repeating these mistakes or accepting them, I tried something else.

This is an important perspective for a person who is on the road and in a perpetual state of borrowing cars and rooms and couches. I do not have to feel lonely or like I am always interrupting something, I can feel something else.

I read this today:

One does not accumulate, but eliminate.

It is not daily increase, but daily decrease.

The height of cultivation always leads to simplicity.

-Bruce Lee

I think it is very beautiful when applied to the concept of marriage. In the process of coming together, we are eliminating so many of the terrible excesses we have resented for so long. As we invest and cultivate our relationships and invest more fully into one another we are at the height of our human potential.

Last night as I was driving home from San Diego at 1 a.m. I had this image of Matthew and I somersaulting into each other's bodies forming a circle. It made me feel very peaceful.

Cheers!

I wanted to write a post about love.

You will find me looking up sites on which to buy coconut oil. Flakes. Cacao pods. It is true.

This process is like watching yourself burn, you don't even feel it and then you are just tiny grey flakes. There is something very nice about it and difficult to understand. How does it feel to be a phoenix? To give birth? Taking flight?

We are having a wedding so that we can tell you a story. Yes. We are crafting an infusion to set loose on time. We have worked our whole lives to understand the value and delicacy of the ingredients and combinations. Like foods, they are mythological and we partake of them with our deep and great faith in possibility.

But it is mostly about getting heart-shaped candy dishes for free. I know this is possible. We went to Crate & Barrel.

Check out our flickr to see more amazing free gifts!

We've had a lot of trouble getting a permit for the park where we want to have the ceremony. First we called San Diego Park and Recreation. They said it wasn't in their jurisdiction. They gave us the number for Community Parks I Division, which didn't know anything about the park and gave us the first number we called. We visited the Park and Recreation office and they had no idea. The lady pulled out a long list and found the name of the man who tends the park. So we called that guy. He gave us a number of another guy who might be able to issue us a permit. We are currently waiting to hear from him.

At this point we have no idea whether we are going to be able to even get the park. It is only a few blocks away from the reception site. How perfect would that be? Anyhow, we are going to sign the contract at the gallery this week for the reception. The date is mostly set. It's not quite ready to be released, but think save-the-date soon.

This is a sneak peek of things to come.