I’ve been wondering how best to write about our honeymoon. I mean, let’s face it. How do you distill the most intense, emotional, energizing, intimate, and imaginative experience of your life into a few short stories with humor, meaning, and grace? It’s hard, and I’ve been tongue-tied at the thought of even trying it.

But since I want to share some stories and you want to see some pictures, here’s my attempt to do it justice. Note that these entries don’t begin to get inside what I feel when I think of the time Kirk and I shared these moments together. But for now, I guess these descriptions and photographs will just have to do.