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My Heart Is In The Highlands
Fri Jun 03 2005


It was a pretty nice wedding. Not too large, not too small. It was held outdoors in an arbor, with the sun going down. Very nice.

The bagpiper was top notch. He played over in the corner of the yard, so was not obtrusive and yes he DID play the Wedding March. :-) My favorite thing was when the ceremony was over and they were ready to walk down the aisle, he came down and then turned around and led them out playing some Highland tune. That was a nice touch I thought. Besides that, he was a very pleasant fellow. He and I talked about tartans while Hub Man took pictures of the bride and groom when it was all over.

The food was good too. Very nice tossed salad and good sourdough bread, a fruit platter that included kiwis (yum) and some really excellent potato salad. I passed up the meat balls and the plate of cold cuts, but I did have a nice slice of pepper jack cheese that was very tasty.

The groom is an extrovert with a capital "E", and regaled us with lively tales in a conspiratorial style, some of which cannot be repeated here.

A good time was had by all.

* * * *


I have put it off long enough. I have to go out today and get groceries and run a few errands. I have enjoyed being home these last few days and didn't want to mess it up by joining the hub bub out there. But I am up against the wall here. I must make a foray. You see, I am out of Junior Mints. . . And there you have it.

So without further ado, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov :


"Be strong-willed and stubborn
if you want to get closer to God.
How else will you survive all
the difficulties that are sure
to come your way?"


10 Comments
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 03 2005
    Mmmmm, Junior Mints. Mmmmmmmmm.

    I may have to go to the store today. Have you tried the Junior Caramel's yet? I've only found them at Target, and boy are they good!
    Alli
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 03 2005
    I don't like bagpipes except outdoors. But I do love the sway of the kilt.

    See you tomorrow?

    Shabbat Shalom
  • From:
    Fairywishes (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 03 2005
    My sister married a guy from Scotland, from Glasgow lol! All his relatives are truly Scottish, we could hardly understand them, some of them had never been out of Scotland (!). Anyway, they can REALLY REALLY did drink, I have never seen such drinking (from one who likes a drink or six!), it got very merry, ALL the men were dressed in their own family kilts - it was an interesting evening, it's a shame my sister does not get on with them now really.

    x
  • From:
    Kedar (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 03 2005
    what a beautiful ceremony with bagpipes and outdoors
    it makes me feel so blue in a beautiful kind of way to hear about bagpipes when I busk my poetry during the literary festival in the late summer streets the bagpipes were being played across the street they were talking to me through the wind I guess I am blue because once you lose the moment it is gone forever regardless of how many pictures you take and how many journal entries you make ha ha

    anyway cupcake it was so hilarious the other night I was surfing dd and I read your entry about rubber duckie and when I went outside I saw well not really a wading pool but a sprinkler water system about half a block long and people do illegally wade and this is right infront of the city's main library and I couldnt believe what I saw there was over athousand little rubber duckies floating there I wonder who put them there and I figured well they must be the same species as your rubber duckie and I figure now every time I see a rubber duckie I will think of your rubber duckie therapist see how we colour each others world
    you are fun cupcake
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 03 2005
    Sounds like a nice wedding, bagpipes and all. When I was little, the local KOA campground had a retiree there every winter who would come out and play the Star Spangled Banner as the sun set every day. People would pull over and listen to him (it was just off the roadway) and applaud when he was done. Kilt and all. :o)
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 03 2005
    Love the idea of bagpipes at the wedding. Sounds like you had a great time. ;-)
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jun 05 2005
    The bagpipes make me ache for the misty moors and soft heather of a place outside of time
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jun 05 2005
    i too very much like bagpipes (and kilts). there was a whole crowd of bagpipers in town last saturday night and about to begin marching somewhere whilst playing but we were in too much of a hurry for me to get a shot of them

    sez
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jun 05 2005
    Today's Rabbi Nachman quote reminded me of a book I read several years ago entitled 'The Life God Blesses" by Gordon MacDonald.

    MacDonald in essence reaches the same conclusion; you need to be well anchored in a close relationship with God to weather the storms of life. I've read many such books and most were forgotten a week later, but there were some questions raised that would not let go of me and thinking about them has had a profound impact.

    "We must do soul work relentlessly. Soul work involves the work of frequent cleansing and the work of frequent refurbishing."
  • From:
    KiwiKimi (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 06 2005
    I'm worried about those kiwis in the salad!

    :-)

    It always gives me a start when Americans say "kiwi" meaning the fruit. Over here, Kiwi means either the funny-but-cute-and-well-loved bird that's our national symbol, or the human inhabitants of New Zealand. The fruit is *always* called kiwifruit.

    The feathers must have gone right through the salad!