anniversaries · year 6
Year 6: the iron anniversary
What the year means
Iron is strength that admits maintenance: left alone it rusts; tended, it holds up bridges. Year six says the durable thing needs oiling — date nights are rust-proofing, not luxury. (Tradition also offers sugar for this year: strength and sweetness, same invoice.)
Gifts that fit
A cast-iron pan destined to outlive everyone, a fire poker for the fireplace you're manifesting, wrought-iron candlesticks, a garden bench. The sugar variant licenses the extravagant dessert of the decade.
A tiny ritual
Cook one thing in cast iron together, then oil the pan while it's warm. Maintenance, demonstrated deliciously.
The cat sleeps beside the warm cast iron, strategic as always: "Strength. Best kept seasoned."
Questions here are invitations, never interrogation: skip any, return to any, answer with tea. The goal is a warmer conversation, not a complete one.