. . . . .  a Tropical Beach Wedding.  November is a bit of a secret in Florida.  It's one of the best times to live here.  The weather is simply wonderful, bright, sunny days with temps reaching the high 70's or low 80's and sultry evening.  And, we're not yet crowded with visitors from cold northern places.  November is a time for us locals to enjoy our beaches and the beauty of the tropics.  It's also the time for a tropical wedding on the beach at sunset.  I've presided over such an event on Fort Myers Beach, Florida.  I specialize in the "Romantic Ceremony."  Just as the sun begins its descent into the greenish ocean and the colors of the rainbow appear for decoration, I begin the ceremony with a poem that brings together a timeless ritual with timeless beauty:

Light the first light of evening
In which we rest and, for small reason, think
The world imagined is the ultimate good.

This is, therefore, the intensest rendezvous.
It is in that thought that we collect ourselves,
Out of all the indifferences, into one thing:

Within a single thing, a single shawl
Wrapped tightly round us, since we are poor, a warmth,
A light, a power, the miraculous influence.

Here, now, we forget each other and ourselves.
We feel the obscurity of an order, a whole,
A knowledge, that which arranged the rendezvous.

To book a wedding ceremony on Fort Myers Beach at sunset, call 239-849-3064 or email: Bythesearentals@aol.com. Optional plans include weekend or weekly rental of beach place.