Janet Ruth Heller is quoted in the article “Regional Wedding Traditions to Incorporate into Your Wedding” by Ximena N. Larkin. This essay was posted on January 19, 2018 on the website Style Me Pretty. My husband and I observed this tradition of having the bride and groom saw a log together in Eisenach, Germany, which is a woodworking area of the former East Germany. The article is now live at https://www.stylemepretty.com/…/19/regional-wedding-traditions