downtown water tower


took that shot on houston looking up 
two weekends ago

today
 is
 not only
 water tower wednesday

its 
toonman and my 36 wedding anniversary 
(he married me when i was but a small child)

that july 30th
was a very muggy
 very hot summer sunday

we wed in a rabbi's study
under a chuppah
in attendance
 my parents 
my sister
 our two best friends
 the rabbi's wife
 (and their son)

 she, the rabbi's wife, 
was asked to be a witness
on her way to play tennis

the rabbi
 was afraid
 because 
our best friends
 lived in the same building
 had the same address
 as we did
they might not be valid witnesses 

it was odd
 to have her
 in her tennis whites standing there 
but
 more odd
 was their little boy 
who sat in a chair 
swinging his legs 
watching

after the ceremony
 which was very brief
 but
 not as impersonal 
 as  
a courthouse/city hall ceremony


 we walked to my parent's home for a small reception
followed by lots of eating and drinking
but no honeymoon

hey 
you know
 you still owe me a honeymoon!