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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Friday Fantasy ~ She-Wolf – #poetry

17 Friday Nov 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Friday Fantasy, Poems, Poetry

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She glides along the bridal path
Through the forest, to the altar
Where she meets, her mate to be
Knowing, she cannot falter

A she-wolf dressed in satin
She is everything he needs
As darkness grows around them
They recite the lover’s creed

“Let no human come between us
We are one with the forest hounds
We pledge ourselves, undying love
As we stand on these earthen grounds”

He shines with pride, beside her
No others dare to encroach
Upon a lobo and his chosen one
Both now beyond reproach

As sunlight fades behind them
For her, there’s no turning back
She has given him her life blood
He has given her his pack

 

©2017 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Photo via Pixabay CC0

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You Are the One ~ #NaPoWriMo #RomanticTuesday #poetry

11 Tuesday Apr 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poems, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, #RomanticTuesday, birds, blue jays, Day 11, dorindaduclos.com, God's creation, happy couple, love, marriage, nature, Night Owl Poetry, poems, spring, thankful, writing


Your caring touch surrounds me

With gentleness, astounds me

You feed me love, without hesitation

Through a loving God, you are His creation

My partner, when the times are harried

Thankful, you are the one, I married

 

 

 

Poem & Photo ©Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

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Two Rings ~ #RomanticTuesday #poetry of #love

10 Tuesday Jan 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry, Romantic Tuesday

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#poetry, #RomanticTuesday, dorindaduclos.com, forever, heart, love, marriage, Night Owl Poetry, poems, romance, symbol, together, Two Rings, wedding bands

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Silver threads spun together

A symbol, of our love, forever

A circle, wrapped around our fingers

The desire between us, forever lingers

No end to what the future brings

Ours hearts, as one, with these two rings

 

The hands in the picture are my husband’s and mine  ❤

©2017 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

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Thirty Years

20 Monday Jul 2015

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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30th Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, love, marriage, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry

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They’ll never last, we heard them say
So we put them in their places
We spoke our vows and said I do
With smiles upon our faces

An elegy was written
No, this wasn’t just a rumor
Mourning the loss of his only son
My father-in-law‘s sense of humor

The guys all got together
To say farewell, dear chap
No more video games or movie frames
Just the famous Bachelor Rap

Friends and family gathered round
To wish us on our way
A bright new future lay ahead
On that beautiful July day

Yes, that was thirty years ago
As we celebrate this life
Neil, forever my husband
And I, forever his wife

 

©2015 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

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Wedding Industry Gets Slammed Again

09 Monday Dec 2013

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Life, Love, My Thoughts, Wedding

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david tutera, love, marriage, new york times magazine, Photography, pricing, professional, transparency, vendors, wedding, Wedding planner

The wedding industry has once again been slammed.  A writer for the New York Times Magazine wrote a piece entitled The Wedding Fix Is In, claiming non-transparency & uneducated consumers as the industries downfall. I beg to differ.  As a past wedding and event professional for 15 years, I saw nothing but transparency with respected vendors who knew their product and how to sell it.  The article questions pricing, price gouging probably defines it better.  This is how it is.  If you hire a professional, someone who is willing to take the time to sit with you, go over what your visions are, and then bring these things to fruition, you’re going to pay.  If you’re looking to have a wedding for $30 a head, all inclusive, you might as well go to McDonald’s.

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A lot of the problems today stem from reality television, shows such as David Tutera‘s My Fair Wedding.  They aren’t realistic visions for today’s average bride & groom.  We’d all love to have that fantasy wedding, but the real reality is most can’t afford it.  So you’re back to where you started.  Shopping around for that best price.  But always be aware that there are scam artists out there.  Use references & referrals from friends and family members who have actually worked with the person before.

Hire a wedding planner.  Yes, do this.  She or he will guide you in the direction you need to go, within your budget.  More than likely, the planner works with a group of “preferred” vendors, and the savings can be passed on to you.  This is not to say that you must go with the planners vendors.  You may already have some of your own.  Again, she or he is there to guide you, to keep you within your budget.  They also see to it that everything falls into place for you, taking on the stress of the event so that you can enjoy your day.

Getting back to transparency.  Most wedding vendor sites have their pricing online.  The plus side to this is you can view and decide if this vendor fits into your budget without wasting your time or theirs, if the fit isn’t right.  All aspects of a wedding do not fall into this category of online pricing.  We’ll take photographers, as an example, because they seem to be targeted more frequently than most other event vendors.  Keep in mind that every brides expectation of her big day is not the same as the next bride who asks about photography packages.  The photographer can begin at your home, follow you to the church, etc, and then complete the day during the reception.  A timeline may look something like this:

Brides Home – 10:00AM includes family photos, getting ready

Church – 12:00 – 1:30PM includes ceremony and after pictures in the garden

Reception – 2:00PM – 6:00PM

Total time – 8 hours, without travel time, editing and printing/sending you your photos.  If you’re thinking you’re going to spend $500 on photography for an eight hour span, think again.  This is where the memories are captured.  You want a professional.  Not Uncle Harry with his camera phone.  Of course you may decide to only have the church & reception photographed, so the amount of time required, changes.  And so will the price.  Because of the differences in what each bride wants, one set price cannot be displayed.  You’ll find most wedding vendor websites, such as photography, will have a caption stating “Packages begin at”.  You have a starting point and you can decide whether or not this fits your budget.

It all comes down to this…a wedding isn’t just a party.  It’s a once in a lifetime (you hope) event.  If the pricing stabs you the wrong way, you might want to consider eloping, or having a small dinner party for your closest relatives & friends.  No one says you have to have 200 plus people attend.

It’s all about the love between two people.  Even if it means standing in front of the justice of the peace or your town mayor, with your two best friends beside you, then go for it.  You’ll be celebrating your lives, together.

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