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1980s Love and Marriage Marfan

Engagement and Wedding

By Greg

My four-part series on The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg received a lot of positive feedback, so I thought I would follow it up with the tale of how we got engaged and then married. Well, actually it didn’t really get much feedback, but I liked it, so wanted to tell the rest of the story.

You can also read a little about it in the post The Newlywed Diary.

There are tales to tell in … Read the rest ... “Engagement and Wedding”

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1980s Love and Marriage Snippets and Vignettes

The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 4

This is the fourth and final chapter in this brief love story. The first part is here.

Camping at Pemberton

By Greg

But First a Detour

As usual Trenna was ready to go when I pulled my Toyota Corolla Station Wagon into her driveway in Girrawheen. Unfortunately Girrawheen was the exact opposite direction to our final destination but I was so happy that she had agreed to go with me I couldn’t have cared less about the travel.

It … Read the rest ... “The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 4”

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1980s Love and Marriage Snippets and Vignettes

The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 3

This is the third part of this tale of love. The first part is here.

A Step Backwards, and a Big Step Forward

By Greg

I Nearly Blow It

I almost stuffed the whole thing up about a week later.

Just think, the 30 best years of my life may have been completely different. This website would have never existed….

Trenna had invited me to a picnic at Walyunga National Park, and she was making all the arrangements. … Read the rest ... “The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 3”

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1980s Featured Love and Marriage Snippets and Vignettes

The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 1

How We Got Together


by Greg

Relief

I can still remember it clearly, really clearly. I took Trenna’s hand and looked into those enormous brown eyes.

“Do you like me?” It sounds pretty stupid now but I had to find out what was happening inside that complex brain of hers. I couldn’t believe how well things seemed to be going between us.

She didn’t answer immediately. Instead she took a sip of her glass of Moondah Brook Chenin Blanc, her … Read the rest ... “The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 1”

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1980s 1990s 2000s Featured Heart and Lung Failure Snippets and Vignettes

“Better than sex” – Earl Grey and Other Favourite Drinks

By Greg

As I hope you know, one goal of this website is to get you to know Trenna a little better. So, I thought I’d provide some insights into the things Trenna liked to drink.

Spirits

Cine Cellars and Tia Maria

It would have been 1986 or 1987 when I first met Trenna, and it was in a downstairs bar called Cine Cellars near the corner of Hay and Barrack Streets in Perth city. She would regularly go there … Read the rest ... ““Better than sex” – Earl Grey and Other Favourite Drinks”