Transition Culture

11 Jul 2007

A Wedding in the Sun

This weekend I was married, and very lovely it was too. After the wettest June on record, the clouds parted over the 3 days of the wedding and ensuing celebrations, and then closed again this morning. It was altogether extremely magical; friends, music, sunshine, football and dancing, accompanied by local food and wine, and a stunning cake. We held it in a youth hostel near Totnes, which we got to by all going up the river on a boat (part of our efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the whole thing), which made for a magical beginning, heading up the River Dart in the sunshine. Thanks so much to everyone who came and to everyone who sent kind words and blessings. Married life is very pleasant so far! I thought you might like to hear the last bit of the speech I did as the groom…

As the beginning I talked about how I do a lot of public speaking, but speaking at your own wedding is much more intimidating, and that although I usually talk about peak oil, I will try very hard to not lapse into it.

I then thanked everyone who made it happen, and at the end finished by saying,

>”when we first met, I didn’t know that my wanderlust and desire to travel had just peaked and gone into a terminal decline. The early months of our relationship were marked by enormous new discoveries of passion and lust… while these early production rates can be hard to sustain, they have remained relatively constant over the years. Our childbearing peaked around the year 2000, my hairline has, I fear, gone into a terminal decline from which it will never recover, and analysis of recent data from my waistline suggests that it is similarly entering a relentless decline. One thing that is certain however, my love for this beautiful, funny, delightful and wonderful woman, who I was lucky enough to makde my wife today, is something that will never, ever peak”…