A short biography

Our Story

2019

A Rainy Bookshop

Eleanor was hunting for a used copy of Letters to a Young Poet. James was hiding from a downpour. They reached for the same volume on the same shelf, and the shopkeeper said, 'You'll have to share it.'

2021

Olives & Sourdough

After a year of long letters and longer phone calls, they opened a tiny supper club for friends — twelve guests, one menu, candles on the floor. It is still where their best stories begin.

2024

The Question

On a quiet hike above Goat Rock, James produced a ring his grandmother had worn for sixty-one years. Eleanor cried before he finished asking. The answer was always yes.

2026

Beneath the Olive Trees

And now, surrounded by the people who love them most, they will say the words out loud and mean every one of them.