Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

From This Day Forward

Helena Oliviero (thanks, Joan): Every photograph tells a story. Some, like these, tell two.

They are pictures of Jim and Trisha Duguay's wedding day. A day 18 months in the planning, every detail seems perfect: Orange Gerber daisies float in glass bowls, a three-tiered cupcake wedding cake waits in a reception hall, bright pink rose petals dot the Dahlonega winery grounds. A ray of sunshine bursts through threatening mid-May skies just as the early evening ceremony begins.

Trisha, 27, a blond and vivacious administrative assistant, beams in her lace wedding dress with a fuchsia sash, her toenails painted to match. Jim, 38, a soft-spoken engineer, cradles her face as he kisses her.

But look clos…

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