45th Anniiversary

Gay and I were married 45 years ago today. Rare enough.

I've been trying to convince her that the 45th is the Cardboard Anniversary, but she has been skeptical -- though said she hadn't looked it up. I did, and it's sapphire.

Big solitaire sapphires are pretty pricey, but I found her a bracelet, lots of smaller ones in various shades of pink and violet, Briolette cut, that I could buy without taking out a second mortgage.

She meant to get me a Lamy fountain pen, but the company made a mistake ...