Guest blogger Mr. Dilettante It’s a beautiful day in South St. Paul, Minnesota and you have found the live blog for the wedding of Faith and Ben. The assembled characters are beginning to arrive and your humble reporter and guest blogger is Mr. Dilettante. Update: First of all, let’s give a shout-out to our worldwide [...]
by the Night Writer Sometimes God speaks like a mighty wind, and often as a still, quiet voice…and sometimes He just gives you a wink. We have been blessed by so many people in preparing for today’s wedding. It even goes back to last fall when a large group descended on our back yard to [...]
The new roof is on. The yard is mowed and edged. Flower boxes filled. Portico painted. Arch in place. 150 chairs in place with 19 tables tucked in the garage (three trips in the pick-up), ready for deployment. Fresh wood-chips and mulch worked into the landscaping (four trips in the pick-up). Less than 22 hours [...]
by the Night Writer We didn’t have room or budget for all of our blogging friends and readers to attend the Mall Diva’s wedding in person this weekend, but since Ben and Faith met as a result of blogging we knew we had to do something to reach out to what the Mall Diva calls [...]
by the Night Writer I went through my archives looking for the post below in order to re-run it as we count down the last few days before Ben and the Mall Diva’s wedding this Saturday, May 23. Once I found it I copied it and then checked the date when it originally ran. It [...]
by the Night Writer This song very nearly could have been the song for the Father/Daughter Dance at the Mall Diva’s wedding. It’s got the heart right and a lot that could have been lifted from our lives, and a lot of the things that I feel…but I’ve found something just a little bit better. [...]
by the Night Writer Wednesday night the Mall Diva and Princess Flicker-Feather achieved a milestone in their performing career — their first “booked” gig where they were actually requested to perform. Not only that, but they had to have enough material to do two sets; since they only have two “cover” songs in their pop [...]
by the Night Writer My grandmother, Elizabeth “Lizey” Burleson Stewart Ray, passed away Wednesday morning in her sleep at 101 years of age, just a couple of months shy of making it to 102. I visited her when I was down in Missouri a few weeks ago and was able to hold hands with her [...]
by the Night Writer If you see any references to a count-down here on this blog or on certain others it is all in relation to this: Shivaree Dictionary: shiv·a·ree n. Midwestern & Western U.S. A noisy mock serenade for newlyweds. Also called regionally charivari, belling; Also called horning, serenade. [Alteration of CHARIVARI.] REGIONAL NOTE [...]
by the Night Writer There has been some discussion around the Night Chateau about what gift young Ben should give his groomsmen. Literary sort that he is, and with an employee discount at the Seminary bookstore, Ben has been thinking of respectable tomes by Wichtenstein, or perhaps a daily Kierkegaard reader. These are noble and [...]
