{"id":8037,"date":"2007-09-13T15:05:54","date_gmt":"2007-09-13T20:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/13\/happy-60th-anniversary-to-mama-and"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:43","slug":"happy-60th-anniversary-to-mama-and-papa-giacalone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/13\/happy-60th-anniversary-to-mama-and-papa-giacalone\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 60th Anniversary to Mama and Papa Giacalone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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…. September 13, 1947 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

W<\/em><\/strong>ithout a doubt, the very best thing about having your parents celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary<\/em> is having<\/em> your parents here to celebrate that amazing marital milestone. [but see<\/a>] Yes, I’m blessed. Indeed, my siblings and I, and all the descendents, friends and loved ones of Arthur P. and Connie M. Giacalone<\/em> are blessed to be able to raise our voices to them with love, gratitude and affection, and with warmest wishes for more of the happiest and healthiest possible times together.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere at this webiste, I have posted Art & Connie Giacalone: the first 60 years<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Sept. 13, 2007). It’s a display of about two dozens photographs that span their married\/family life. It includes larger renditions of the photos used in this posting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rather than attempt to find the words that are in my heart about my Mother and Father, I’m going to let some of our Honored Guest haiku poets give a little insight on their own perspectives of love, marriage, family, etc.<\/p>\n

honeymoon photo <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>a mountain path ascends
\n <\/span>into the mist<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by ed markowski<\/span><\/p>\n

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leaves turned to gold \u2013
\nhe still know all the words
\nto that old love song<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by Billie Wilson <\/span><\/p>\n

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planting bulbs
\nthe ring I gave you
\nin sunlight<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by Yu Chang <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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at the height
\nof the argument the old couple
\npour each other tea<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026\u2026. by George Swede <\/span><\/p>\n

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dawn rain
\ndripping off autumn leaves
\nher yawn my yawn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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25th anniversary . . .
\nshe sits on the suitcase
\nto zip it shut<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

……………………………………….. by randy brooks<\/a>
\n\u201c25th anniversary\u201d – RAW NerZ<\/em> XII:3; pegging the wind: rma 2002<\/em>
\n\u201cdawn rain\u201d – School\u2019s Out<\/em> (Press Here, 1999)<\/p>\n

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it\u2019s pink! it\u2019s purple! <\/span>\"femaleSym\" <\/font>\"maleSym\" <\/font> <\/font>
\n<\/span>sunset inspires <\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>more bickering<\/span><\/p>\n

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hazy harvest moon
\nthe face I met
\nwhen our skin was smooth<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

……………………………. by david giacalone, a\/k\/a dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“it’s pink!” – Frogpond<\/em> XXVIII:2; haiga at MagnaPoetsJF<\/a>; “hazy” at MagnPoetsJF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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wedding album
\ncounting the couples
\nwho’ve since split up<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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honeymoon night <\/span>
\nthe suite’s acoustics
\namplify her snores<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

roller coaster
\nwe have no advice
\nto offer the newlyweds<\/p>\n

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anniversary day
\nmy wife & i
\nassemble a treadmill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

………….. by ed markowski<\/a>
\n“anniversary day” – bear creek haiku<\/em> (Spring 2002)<\/p>\n

– click for an inspiring haiga<\/a> at MagnaPoetsJF<\/em> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

half heard rain
\npage after page
\nof family photos<\/p>\n

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hanging crooked–
\nno one missing from
\nher old photo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

……………… by Gary Hotham<\/a>
\n“half heard rain” – “Footprints & Fingerprints<\/em>” (Lilliput Review, Modest Proposal Chapbooks<\/a>, 1999)
\n“hanging crooked” – “Missed Appointment<\/em><\/a>” (Lilliput Review, 2007)<\/p>\n

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Why did Gramps marry Grandma? See our 60th Anniversary Page<\/a> for a possible answer, via the Pickles<\/em> comic strip.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

snowed in
\nthe wedding-ring quilt
\nlumpy with children<\/p>\n

……………………….. by peggy willis lyles<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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