Monthly Archives: April 2007

Ah, wedding season!

Leanne and Moya, brides from San Francisco, braved last week’s Vancouver chill to legalize the wedding that had been invalidated in California nearly three years ago. They were one of the hundreds of couples snaked around San Francisco’s City Hall in the rain after Mayor Gavin Newsom decided to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples...

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leanne waldal - Freezing on the beach, indeed, though feeling happy and validated creates a lot of warmth — thanks so much for sharing your story and your beautiful art. The U.S. always seems a decade or four behind Canada so hopefully the U.S., or at least California, will catch up in our lifetimes!

Julianne and the blossoms

I had the beautiful Julianne, six, out under the cherry blossoms on Vancouver’s Graveley Street yesterday. There are many lovely photos, but this was my favourite because of her joy as she spins! And check her out up a tree…almost vertiginous, but lovely. Last year, Vancouver began a yearly Cherry Blossom Festival, and the Graveley...

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