Some Reflections on the Occasion of My Second Marriage

And considering what it means to grow so old before our time.

Within the hour, Sally Shideler and I will leave for a rare week's vacation in Yosemite, a sort of pre-honeymoon gift from our parents. After we return on Saturday the 21st, then we'll have three weeks before our wedding, on July 12. We're getting married in a field of Joshua trees, Sally's idea.

This is the second marriage for both of us. And this time around, we've …