MARIAN & MARIANNE / radiant, loving, beautiful wives

+EACH MOMENT IS PRECIOUS+

>this nightly blog effort has allowed me to<

>see life in a perspective that is rare and i<

+ART OF LIFE /+

+LIFE AS ART+

>am trying to be objective & fair about<

>history while >learning from memory<

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+JOY & SADNESS+

>are the >2 poles of life that are always<

>with us & are >strong in my memory<

+(SOME THINGS ARE+

+VERY DIFFICULT+

+to WRITE ABOUT)+

>of a life that has been very fortunate<

>in many ways but >also sad in ways<

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 +MARIAN & MARIANNE+
>my wives, have been my blessing in<
>life and i am very grateful for grace<
+(GRATITUDE FILLS+
+MY AGED HEART)+
>they have brought into our homes<
>and our lives which i write about<
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 >marianne was a friend of marian & i  for ten<
>years before marian passed on after a long<
+(MARIANNE & MARIAN @+
+>/ LA VALENCIA HOTEL)+
>battle w/ two types of cancer over many<
>years, >including our visits to polynesia<
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 >it has been a joy to construct many volumes<
>of metaphysical graphics about marian and<
+(MARIAN IN LAJOLLA+
+& THE SILVER SHIP)+
>marianne who have both been >stars for<
>many cameras over many years of life<
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>marian was precious (even though she described<
>herself as flawed)…if i was a better person she<
+(MARIAN'S >GRACES< ARE+
+WHAT I WANT TO HONOR)+ !
>could have overcome the >personal issues.<
>she had precious >graces< i want to honor<
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 >it is very poignant to pour over the graphics<
>of life with marian, especially in our early<
+(MARIAN IN OUR FIRST+
+YEAR OF MARRIAGE)+
>years of marriage >in baton rouge seen<
>here in our radiant  years 1955 to 1959<
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 >a typical page of >metaphysical graphics has<
>a variety of images that together are stronger<
+(COLLAGE GRAPHICS+
+AS >SYNERGY VIEW)+
>then if one image was shown alone…this<
>is called synergy, a child of bucky fuller<
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 >in addition to our pilgrimages to polynesia it<
>was my honor to take marian to norway the<
+(MARIAN @ THE >FAMED+
+NORSE STAVE CHURCH)+
>country of her ancestors and she was very<
>happy and grateful / feeling right at home<
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 >it was in the south seas where i felt at home<
>especially at this vanilla >plantation house<
+(VANILLA PLANTATION+
+>>INTO A BOUTIQUE)+
>converted into a boutique w/ the pareos<
>hanging out front for a >splash of color<
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 >many people from california fly to hawiian<
>destinations w/o realizing that air france<
+(TAHITI IS A TROPICAL+
+TASTE OF >FRANCE<)+!
>planes leave for tahiti from l.a. every pm<
>to arrive at >papeete in the earlly dawn<
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>nature in polynesia is a >radiant power &<
>my brides like this >radiant dragonfly as<
+(MARIAN / MARIANNE+
+PRECIOUS & BRIGHT)+
>photographed by nilly gill….beautiful<
>bright & precious example's of nature<
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>beginning in 1950 when we met, marian was<
>my faithful companion on many photography<
+(MARIAN LOVED OUR+
+LA. PHOTO SAFARIS)+
>expeditions to document our family heritage<
>always looking for >lost family plantations<
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 >in our first year of marriage i gave marian a<
>siamese cat called "nong khai"…sadly nong<
+(MARIAN W/ HER+
+>SIAMESE CAT)+
>died after the first cold weather…and i took<
>his frail body to bury on a lot we purchased<
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 >after marian died in the winter of 2003 marianne<
>became a light of hope & warmth that saved me<
+(JOY $ SADNESS+
+IN SPRING 2004)+
>from an abyss of despair ….we eventually were<
>able to marry in a small >pacific grove wedding<
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 >marianne was raised in westwood village in<
>los ángeles near ucla where derek received<
+(MARIANNE CONWAY+
+RAY, MY BRIDE / 2004)+
>his master's degree….my entire family has<
>embraced marianne w/ much >admiration<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MARIAN IS MISSED BUT+
>(a precious soul)<
+MARIANNE IS RADIANT+
+EACH DAY is PRECIOUS+
>(life is amazing,<
>/& obsfucated)< !
+WE ARE so >GRATEFUL+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>disclaimer : please know i do not<
>want to present myself as a very<
>virtuous and admirable persona<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+I WAS ALL TOO HUMAN+
+& SUFFER MY >FAULTS+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu