April Fool’s Day, 2022: Textiles or Amethyst?

Alan and I celebrated our 33rd anniversary on March 29th. He was the one who remembered it this year. Generally, neither of us think of the day until sometime in May.

The Knot says that: “While amethyst is the contemporary anniversary theme for celebrating 33 years of marriage, textiles are the traditional gift.” (www.theknot.com) I have plenty of textiles, thank you, and don’t need any more knickknacks, even lovely purple ones. We didn’t do anything for the day.

33 years ago, we spent our honeymoon in NYC, at The Pierre. We did the usual city stuff: plays, museums and great food. Then we spent a week with my mom on the Jersey shore, going for long runs in the sand and looking for glass on the beach. Subsequent anniversaries were shared in similar fashion: we would spend a weekend at some luxurious or interesting resort or hotel: The Stanley in Estes Park, the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Ojo Caliente, the Strater in Durango, La Fonda in Santa Fe. Those were fun getaways, as weekend escapes generally are. Eventually we devolved into taking camping trips in late March (often to Comb Ridge in Bluff, Utah). While grand hotels are wonderful, these rougher getaways were and still are our favorite way to honor the years passing by.

Since living here at 4Fords is rather like an extended camping trip, maybe not doing anything for our anniversary was the best celebration we could ask for!