Yes, it’s wonderful to be in the great alfresco, but I’m sure many ladies get that sinking feeling when they get their invitation to your outdoor wedding. It’s not a problem for the boys, but we tend to forget that it gives most ladies a choice of going barefoot, wearing wellies, or losing their Louboutins […]
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July 2015
Rebecca and Dominique’s Humanist Wedding at The Balmoral Hotel
When I first meet a couple, I always hope they realise what a unique privilege it is to be free to say why they love each other in their own words. Dominique and Rebecca completely got that, so of course their ceremony was as personal and moving as it possibly could be. Dominique and Rebecca […]
Doctor Feelgood, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, and how to prepare for death.
Oliver Sacks was on the radio last week, reading from his latest book, which is an autobiography. Correction – it wasn’t him reading, and it’s not his latest book: it’s going to be his last book, because he is dying. Sacks is a neurologist best known to most people as the author of the unforgettably […]
Cara-Mae’s Naming Ceremony at home with Zoe and Gavin
A naming ceremony is very like a wedding but much more relaxed. There are always nerves on a wedding day, whereas the anxious times are pretty much over when a couple are ready to name their child. I find this tends to happen around their first birthday, when life has settled to its new rhythms, […]
Sarah and Rob’s Humanist Wedding at Marlin’s Wynd
I told Rob and Sarah they’d never use this photo… As so often, I was wrong! Sarah and Rob are both busies, as they call the police in Liverpool, and they first met at the scene of a pipe-bomb incident. That and some Facebook stalking led to a first date at […]
Hannah & Rory’s Humanist Wedding at Broxmouth Park
I knew that marrying a dashing young racing driver to a beautiful equestrienne would be fun. What I didn’t expect was that Hannah’s handsome horse Rowan would also be a part of the proceedings. Mind you, they did say in the ceremony, “love me, love my horse”, so I shouldn’t really have been surprised. Like […]
Aziza & Peter’s Humanist Wedding at The Hub
Peter and Aziza had a great story to tell. There can’t be many times that a bunch of Australian girls meet up with a clan of Scots guys at The Snowbombing Festival in Austria, but they did, and their romantic story went on from there all the way to the snows of Wanaka in […]