VOWS
Wick Sloane of Cambridge, MA, left, wipes bird droppings off of the shoulder of John Karrel, middle, of Westport, Conn, as novelist Roland Merullo, right, of Revere, MA, looks on during novelist and writer Joyce Maynard and Jim Barringer's wedding reception in Harrisville, N.H., Saturday, July 6, 2013. (Cheryl Senter for the New York Times)