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Letter From The Desert: Wedding and after

Letter From The Desert: Wedding and after

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Chris Clarke
Jun 02, 2019
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Letter From The Desert: Wedding and after
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There is a photo of us from just before the wedding, my beard buried in the far side of her neck and her eyes closed smiling in delight, dressed up as happily as we are likely to, ever.

From the vows:

Her: Two words: “Olneya tesota.”

Him: The scientific name of the desert ironwood. The tree with the second-densest wood on earth. Wood so resistant to decay…

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