Highs and Lows

Em and Al

They’re a couple, a bride and a groom united
two of them made into one.
They achieved this by doing everything twice!
Two father figures, one a brother, one an uncle.
Two aisles to walk down in a beautiful long dress.
Two services, one in London, one in New Zealand.
Two ministers, one a woman, one a man.
Two service sheets with vows uttered twice.

Two decorated tiered cakes, one made by church friends,
one bought down the road.
Two afternoon teas, one at their London church and one at
the bride’s old College.
Two families, one in England, one in N.Z. with
overlap of travelling companions and friends.
A twice worn Las Vegas bought dress and a suit with
a bowler hat and a polished cane.
Twice dedicated rings, twice blessed like me -
mother of the bride.
Two relaxed smiles, nothing between 12 thousand miles!



Well, there's nothing like a family wedding for a high, but
when they've all gone home you feel like a flat pancake for a while!

Here's a Korean recipe for a pancake, called Pa Jon.

Sift one cup of flour and a pinch of salt
with 1 teaspoon of cumin and a quarter teaspoon
(I added this cos my fellow blogger says I'm a
sprinkler)
of cayenne pepper.
Beat an egg in a cup and fill up with water
Add another half cup of water
I whipped this up in my blender but a bowl
will do.
Carefully mix in half a finely chopped onion and half of a
red/green pepper thinly sliced.

Heat a large frying pan with oil and cook the pancakes
on both sides until golden. Makes 3 to 4 pancakes depending
how thick you like them. Evidently in Korea they cut them
like we would a pizza. Enjoy!