"Wedding Planning Books"

Want to know anything about planning a wedding? You might want to ask me. After all, I’ve married off two sons in less than a year!

Actually, you had better not ask me. Ask my wife, instead. All I had to do was try to act civil while all the green stuff was draining out of my pockets. For the first wedding, my wife thought I did a pretty good job in the civility department. We’ve just come back from the second wedding, but don’t ask her about my deportment---at least not yet. We’re going to wait awhile before we bring up the topic. I wonder about the conversations that have gone on between the respective brides’ parents?

Actually, the Library has several new books on wedding planning. In “Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette, the Definitive Guide to your Wedding Experience”, the author, Peggy Post, points out that weddings have become more complicated than ever. She casts blame for this on our affluence as well as on the growing complexities of families. The modern parents of an engaged couple must now be aware of divorced spouses, fifth and sixth sets of grandparents, same-sex married siblings, etc. While Miss Post doesn’t positively say that a “wedding planner” is a necessity, I would think that it might be prudent to explore the employment of one. After all, you want your wedding to come off with the minimum of stress and the maximum of style.

Another new book on the topic is “The Smart Couple’s Guide to the Wedding of Your Dreams” by Judith Sherven. This book promises to be “Filled with practical and inspiring suggestions for creating a wedding celebration that joyfully expresses the souls of the two participants…” Well, I sincerely hope the book will do all it promises. In scanning through the chapter headings, the author seems to be well organized.ls4
It’s the unexpected, however, that make a wedding memorable. But the couples, the clergy, and the parents don’t want any surprises. For the assembled guests, however, if the whole shebang goes like clockwork without a single hitch, who’s going to remember it?

For those who can’t deal with all the planning, the correspondence, the compromises, and the expenses of an elaborate wedding, Scott Shaw’s book, “Let’s Elope, the Definitive guide to Eloping, Destination Weddings and other Creative Wedding Options” might be just the thing. Notice, this book was written by a man. For this wedding-thing, he cuts to the chase, “Let’s Elope”. He’s my kind of guy!

Readers are reminded that the book, “Goodnight, Nebraska” will be discussed at the Library’s “One Book, One Columbus” event on Wednesday, April 26th at 7:00 PM. This discussion will be hosted by members of the Topaz Book Club. The author, Tom McNeal, weaves a story about a high school student—a football player—who, instead of going to live at a juvenile detention center in Utah, is sent to a small town somewhere near Chadron, Nebraska. There, he learns to cope with the mentality of a small town in the high plains of Nebraska. Copies of the book are again available for check out.

Recent donations to the Columbus Library Foundation include those in memory of Jewel Jackson from Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Schroeder, Lynette Block, Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Ladine and Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Saalfeld presented memorials in honor of Florence Jarecke, Esther Campbell and Daniel Schroeder. The memory of Karen Luchsinger was honored with donations from Mr. and Mrs. Terry Engel and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jenny. A donation was received from Doris A. Loseke in memory of Cleo Rice. Leonard Feehan was honored with a donation from Alice Aerni. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Joseph honored Cody Reeg with a memorial donation, and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Engel presented a memorial in honor of Oscar Ewert..