Tuesday, June 5, 2007

who me?

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Patricia said...

Regarding your post of June 2007
Marinella,
We are Jay and Patricia Edie and we live in southern California. While "browsing" this morning we stumbled upon your blog and received a most wonderful gift from you.

Here is our story:
9 years ago, Jay (an alum of MIT) was attending a class reunion in Boston. This was a short time after we had begun to "see" each other. We were 63 and 58 years old at the time and while we enjoyed each other's company, had no thoughts of marriage. Jay visited the MFA and while walking through the antiquities, came upon the sarcophagus of Larth Tetnies and Thanchvil Tarnai. He spent about a half an hour viewing this beautiful couple and saw in their pose the strength, equality, and great love of their relationship. He decided that he thought we could have such a relationship. So he returned to So. California and asked me to marry him. Since then he has taken me to see the sarcophagus and we have traveled to Vulci in Italy and stood on the arched bridge near the ruins where think our couple may have stood. We also have purchased a copy of the picture you captured from the MFA website and have it framed and hung in our bedroom. We have been married for 8 wonderful years now. Jay likes to think we are this couple, incarnate, and will often introduce himself as an Etruscan Nobleman from the 4th century BC. This sarcophagus has been so important to us. We appreciate being able to read your critique of the piece and the period. Thank you. (By the way, I also am descended from a Sicilian immigrant.)
Patricia (mimaedie@yahoo.com)

August 14, 2007 at 11:50 AM

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