Friday, October 9, 2015 at 8:09PM 
September went by in a swirl of weddings and soon the autumn equinox was upon us. Such stirring times so rich with color and cozy delight. I traveled to Indiana to preside over my God daughter's wedding and tomorrow I travel to Connecticut for a Baby Blessing. Wow what a joy...a bounty of blessings.
Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 7:33PM August is all about a sense of urgency and anticipation. Cape Cod is at full capacity as we reach mid -August. Everyone is eager to get their last huge dose of summer anticipating the onset of September and the beginning of the school year.
Last evening I presided over a wedding at Chatham Bars Inn . I don't have any photos yet but I am still on a high from the love I felt between this couple and their families. Love truly does transform everyone it touches!
Jeff and Lacy, the wedding party and many of the guests were from Austin,Texas. They were a great fun- loving crowd.The groomsmen including the groom's brother as best men, were trying in every way to keep the groom calm and happy as we waited. Kate, from CBI helped pin on the boutineirres made from a beautiful spray of blue thistle. I had the honor of helping with this ritual as well. I pinned the step-father and father who were waiting to walk the bride down the aisle after her grand entrance down those white steps from Shore Rd to the Boathouse.
Here are some photos of groom and groomsmen. What a blast I had with Pavel and his brother and groomsmen before he wed his beautiful bride Anna on Summer Solstice at the The Cultural Center of Cape Cod.
The photos above are by Andrew Cavanaugh Photography
The photo below was an expectedly tender one as Sarah and Josh exchanged vows
As the officiant I get to spend time waiting with the groom and his groomsmen right before the ceeremony. The myriad of ways the groomsmen attempt to ease the groom's jitters is always so dear and often amusing. I keep my counsel and distance but I do love those moments of anticipation.
Another great moment I shared with a groom and his men was at a wedding last month at beautiful Borsari Gallery in Dennis. We were waiting in the wine cellar and the groom was worried about his hands swelling and the ring not fitting. I showed him a stretching exercise and Bob Borsari and the best man immediately said, "Jazz Hands." So here is a pre-marital tip: Do "Jazz Hands" as you wait for the ceremony to begin and the ring slips right on the finger.
Watching the groom's face as his bride appears is also pure delight. Even if they have seen each other before at first look, there is that moment of her being escorted to him that speaks to an ancient and timeless rite of passage.
Every beginning contains an ending and every ending gives way to another beginning. So too with a wedding ceremony. So I encourage my couples to allow those feelings of anticipation to be. Yes, this sweet anticipation can feel like anxiety and of course there is that. No matter how many times we have run through the ceremony it doesn't really take. Let your self be presided over.
When I stopped in to check in on the bride she had just one question
"You will be telling me everything I need to do once I get up there ,won't you?"
"Yes, I will." You could see the anxiety melt into sweet anticipation as she turned to have her photo taken holding up the shoes she was about to put on.
"Yes, I will." I repeated as I crept off to hang with the groom and tell him exactly the same thing, more than once, in between group groomsmen hugs and a variety of other rituals.
I have the groom's grandfather to thank for this referral and it was a pure pleasure to preside. Happy August YOU-LL
and don't worry- be married!
Kathleen
Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 4:52PM Wow! June and July has been such a varied and wonderful month for weddings on Cape Cod. Such wonderful soulful and fun couples! And from one end of the Cod to the other. From just around the corner at Wequassett Resort in Harwich to Chatham and my home base venue the Beautiful Borsari Gallery in Dennis, to the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, to far up Cape at a Sippewissitt Beach inlet, to Race Point Lighthouse for a Vow Renewal back to a W. Dennis Beach. These are a few of the soulful and fun summer weddings I've done here on Old Cape Cod. 
Wequassett Wedding Kiss for Sarah and Justin who could resist! Such Bliss.
The Cultural Center of Cape Cod proved an elegant setting for this upbeat wonderful wedding for Anna and Pavel.What a fun fusion wedding and reception. Let the rains come.
Adam and Cailin are presented as husband and wife at Borsari Gallery in Dennis. Adam's look of love is hard to beat as this happy groom takes his wife's hand in Marriage.
"I still do" with Dayra and Alfredo at Race Point Lighthouse Provincetown.
Chatham nuptials for For Chris and Dave full of love, laughter and a wonderful toast to top off the ceremony by Dave's Father. "I'm in."
And the long and winding road that led to this nuptial on Metcalfe Beach for Robbie and Kelli.
A beautiful family fusion. The wild wind and waves adding to the profusion of love and the presence of those that are absent to bless this couple as they become husband and wife!
"I choose you."
Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 11:22AM 
"'the nature of marriage is that, through its enduring bond, two persons together can find other freedoms, such as expression, intimacy, and spirituality."
