MARIANNE AN HOMAGE / 10 years in time and space

+HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALKER+ 

+BORN :> JANUARY 7th, 1940+ !

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>walker my beloved brother & his wife della<

>are great fans of marianne's human grace &<

+*RAY FAMILY+

+DEVOTION)+ !

>represent the >rest of our large ray family !<

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+"MARIANNE AN HOMAGE"+

>tonight's blog is , like yesterday's homage<

>to marian my beloved first wife, a chance<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY / +

+MARIANNE CONWAY RAY)+

>to recognize the grace of a precious wife<

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+MARIANNE LIKE MARIAN+

+DESERVES RECOGNITION+

>(it is >never too late to<

>illumin a wife's virtue)<

+FOR VIRTUES and GRACE+

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>walker, my brother, is eight years younger<

>then i & very devoted to our family history<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+

+"OPEN MINDS" CONGRESS)+

>he & wife della shall join marianne and i<

>at the ufo congress at scottsdale arizona<

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 >marianne loves new orleans where we boarded<
>the delta queen river boat for a radiant journey<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / NEW ORLEANS)+
>north past baton rouge, all the way to memphis<
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 >marianne loved our french pilgrimages and in<
>an ancient castle hotel on the riviera i asked for<
+(MARIANNE IN A GIANT BED+
+LARGER THEN A KING SIZE)+
>a king size bed…the amused owner gave us a<
>bed larger then a king size (my bride loved it)<
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 >marianne loves to visit lajolla village. looking<
>for special places like this spherical cone with<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+BIOTRONIC RADIANCE)+
>biotronic radiance & timeless historical mode<
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 >the la valencia hotel in lajolla is where marianne<
>and i met listening to >lyrical piano music in the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ LA VALENCIA HOTEL)+
>sala & where marianne completed a childhood<
>wooden puzzle with scenes of >france & italy<
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 >marianne & i share a love for music >i am a<
>long time fan of french chansons especially<
+(FRENCH CHANSONS of+
+> FRANCOISE HARDY)+
>those sung by francoise hardy..we listen at<
>dinner on our multi-mode,>crossly player<
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 >marianne and i look forward to dave fobes<
>presentation of his large wallpaper collage<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY/+
+DAVE FOBES COLLAGE)+
>saturday night,10th @ bread & salt gallery !<
>(this is marianne at dave's mesa showing)<
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 >marianne and i are devoted friends to tommy<
>chris & zac macintosh…who like mary lynn<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY / +
+TOMMY & CHRIS MCINTOSH)+
>hyde were our >gracious nola hosts last fall<
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 >marianne on finding my devotion to jungles<
>assured me she wasn't a "camper"…last oct<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ BARATARIA JUNGLE)+
>marianne was a great devotee of a barataria<
>safari near our degruy indian mound house<
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 >one of my favorite moments in recent times<
>was to have marianne w/ me at sdsu when<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ RETURN TO SDSU)+
>the kind design faculty gave us an orchid<
>after my >architectural slide presentation<
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 >although our pilgrimages to france are my<
>favorite safaris…marianne and i agree that<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / ARIZONA INN)+
>the arizona inn in tuscon is very special<
>(old europe ambience meets wild west)<
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 >every afternoon marianne holds court in our<
>living room filled w/ >the furniture that her<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / WESTWOOD VILLAGE)+
>family left her / elegant "dowry" gift to our<
>marriage w/ many memories of westwood<
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 >although it is increasingly harder for her<
>marianne is a gracious hostess as shown<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ ARATY RANGSWAMY)+
>recently when araty & vidya rangswamy<
>were our wonderful sdsu reunion guests<
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+MARIAN & MARIANNE+
+RADIANT MEMORIES /+
>(gratitude fills my heart<
>for 65 precious years !<
+1950 TO THE PRESENT+
+JOY FILLS MY HEART+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu