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Candle In The Wind

Tabby and Helena (pronounced Hel-EE-nah) (my third instinct after HEL-ena and Hel-LAY-nah) got married at the stunning Park McCollough House, a 35-room Victorian mansion in North Bennington, Vermont.  A bit of a haul for me, but worth it, as it was an exquisitely beautiful fall day, and perfect for some cross-country leaf-peeping. When I arrived, the gals [...]

FCKH8!

Listen up, People!  Because I am such a generous and giving soul, I am finally (albeit a little reluctantly) joining the fight to overturn Prop 8 in California. Don’t get me wrong.  Of course I want this hideous little piece of hate crime to go down in a fiery ball of shame and utter annihilation. [...]

Becky and Danielle

  Becky and Danielle got married at the Williams River House in Chester, VT.  Becky had her 2 daughters and Danielle had her son all participating in the ceremony, and it was clear they’d long ago become a family. What really struck me though, was the unbelievable joy on their faces.  Honestly, I don’t know [...]

Waiting For The World To Change

My only issue with legalizing gay marriage everywhere is that fewer gay couples will come to Vermont for me to marry them. But I guess it’s just a cross I’ll have to bear (which is not a metaphor which one can usually apply to me). You know, I give and I give and I give…  [...]

Terror Update!

For some goofy reason, I thought that once married, nobody would ever return to look at my website. Which meant I thought I was safe with that last post about forgetting David and Chris’s names. Turns out I was wrong. I just got this email from them: Hey Kathryn, Just read your treehouse terror piece [...]

Treehouse Terror!

David and Chris, having been together just five months, got themselves married in a treehouse today. We were going to do it down by the water at the famous and beloved Oakledge Park, but while the sun was out, the gale force winds blowing off the lake made the idea of a quiet little ceremony [...]

Oakledge Magic

Valeska and Addis flew up from Florida for a last minute Vermont Elopement.  They told me that they’d known each other for years, but that suddenly, something “happened.”  They both never expected to find themselves this happy, this in love.  They told me they felt that God had brought them together, and made their lives [...]

Wedinator Wedinates!

While I am hardly one to mock the hand that feeds me, I must admit a rather deep fondness for Wedinator – the witty website of wild wedding wackiness. Entries run from the absurd, gross, and poorly spelled: What happens when the hair on his back grows back? to the techno-courante: I hope the tweeters [...]

Bonsaiiiiii!!!!

Alexia and Jessica just moved to Vermont from San Francisco with their son Jake. Their plan for the wedding was to do it at one of my favorite ceremony spots, Oakledge Park.  Unfortunately, June has been a rather moist month and the weather was most definitely not cooperating with us. So, I suggested heading downtown [...]

More Bug Life

Jerry and Ken had their wedding up at the beautiful Black Bear Inn in Bolton this afternoon. Around 4pm, about 10 of their family and friends gathered in the woods next to an altar and waited for the guys to cross the little wooden bridge to the clearing. Just as they came to stand in [...]