Today I’m revisiting Allison & Ryan’s amazing equinox wedding on the Oregon coast. Allison (Mrs. Bear Cub) is finally starting the long-awaited recaps of her day with gorgeous images from photographers Susanica Tam and Jonathan Moore (and me as a “special guest” photog) over on Weddingbee. I was inspired by Jonathan’s beautiful slideshow to put...
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(Read Part One) For a few minutes before their handfasting ceremony, Allison and Ryan stood alone to take in the view from the high meadow, the seaside cliff perfectly like the one on which Allison had always dreamed of being married. Those of us who had made the steep, mile-long hike with them from Camp...

What better place for two astronomers to wed than under the open sky? Allison met Ryan while in grad school in New Mexico. Equal parts goofy and silly, they were a perfect match. After grad school, the two got engaged in Thailand and were offered jobs at a US-owned observatory in Chile. There, they lived...

It’s been a tough year for a lot of people. You probably know someone who is struggling to stay afloat, raising kids while holding down more than one job, or volunteering selflessly despite extenuating personal circumstances. It’s been a tough year for me, too. Tough, but good. I’ve made a lot of hard choices about...


