The wedding/la boda

What we wanted: a simple family wedding with a few friends... Bastille Day which is meaningful to us both... and that is what happened. Here are some pictures:

It was on a weekday, at noon, and we had some friends and family, and poetry and song. Jim recited Burn's My luv's like a red red rose:

I recited, en español and English, el soneto 17 de Pablo Neruda:

And then Alessandro played Bach's Bourrée, and then I played and sang Razón de vivir:

I should not have worn makeup, which I never do... I blubbered the way people do and was embarrassed, but finally, we were James and Silvia Forsyth, as well as James and Silvia Brandon Pérez:

That evening we went to the Symphony and heard Chris Botti make magic with his trumpet, and then we stayed at the Whitcomb Hotel.

La recepción - the reception

We are celebrating at the Don Castro Regional Park, 22400 Woodroe, the Siesta section, in Hayward, on July 17th beginning at 11 AM, with food and music and some heated debate (the story of our lives...)

No presents! We hope people will donate to our favorite causes:

www.soaw.org (The School of the Américas Watch, for which we put our bodies on the line last April)
www.southhaywardparish.org (the South Hayward Parish, helping Hayward for well over thirty years)
www.endthelockoutnow.org (the fund for the locked-out Castlewood workers, for whom we put our bodies on the line last week)
www.pih.org (Partners in Health, doing the work that needs to be done in Haiti and other places, without the politics of empire)

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Estamos celebrando en el parque regional Don Castro, en la 22400 Woodroe, sector Siesta, en Hayward, el 17 de julio de las 11 AM en adelante, con comida y música y discusiones y debates encendidos (la historia de nuestras vidas...)

¡No queremos regalos! Esperamos que la gente contribuya a nuestras causas favoritas:

www.soaw.org (La vigilia de la Escuela de Asesinos, por la que pusimos nuestros cuerpos a riesgo en el pasado abril)
www.southhaywardparish.org (la Parroquia del sur de Hayward, que lleva más de 30 años ayudando a Hayward)
www.endthelockoutnow.org (el fondo para los trabajadores de Castlewood que han sido dejados fuera de sus trabajos, por los cuales pusimos nuestros cuerpos a riesgo la semana pasada)
www.pih.org (Partners in Health, que hace lo que hay que hacer en Haití y otros sitios, sin la política del imperio)