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Ben and Kelly met through common interests, many different kinds of interests over many years, starting with Sonic Youth, guitar, noise and slop music, then bicycling as a lifestyle, and now, adding to their accomplishments and is a deep focus on old time fiddle music, which they play together in a band called Triple Chicken Foot. They share a common language that has become more rich and diverse over time, and their loving life partnership is evident in their joyous commitment to these endeavors.

“I told her (re: marriage), if we’re going to do this, then I’m going to do this and there will be no question in my mind. I wouldnt have said, hey, let’s get married if I had some doubt...No, this is it. And sometimes that’s not such an emotional thing - its not beautiful - its not a TV special, but its for real. Its what I’ve chosen to do, what we’ve chosen to do. There’s many many rocky roads ahead, but the deal is, you’re there. can you imagine going through all these rocky roads alone? You’d be fucked!” ~Ben

“When I met Ben I had such a feeling that this person was my life partner - it seemed that the most natural thing I wanted to do was to commit my life to him...in a way marriage is like a tree, and I’m very conscious as we’re talking about this that California, and the rest of the country too, is going through this last bastion of civil rights, and so I’m very away its a tree that not everyone can climb, but because of meeting Ben and how I felt, that was the tree I wanted to climb.” ~Kelly