Was nearing Christmas and Jim had hoped maybe Doyler would be back, if only for a little while ( Read more... )

In general, Mad Sweeney was opposed to celebrating Christian holidays and he wasn't too terribly fond of Patrick, the man who had driven the snakes from Ireland, but he loved St. Patrick's Day. It was the one day of the year when the leprechaun could tell people exactly what he was and instead of calling him crazy, they would buy him a drink. So ( Read more... )

Jim is standing at the edge of the lake, the toes of his shoes practically in the water. He's warm enough in his wool coat, though his knees are red with the chill where they stick out between his long socks and short pants. Warm enough to be thinking of the swimming again. After all, a bit of cold never stopped him and Doyler back home at the ( Read more... )

This new arrival to the Mansion seems to be remarkably self-possessed for someone who's suddenly found herself in an unknown location by unknown means. Then again, Livia Cuthbert is nothing if not self-possessed. She's wearing an austere and canonically black dress that's not quite a nun's habit, though if Livia had her way then it would be. Not ( Read more... )

It's the first of December. To those who regularly inhabit the Mansion, you may notice something a little bit different. Unfortunately, you may notice a little too late ( Read more... )

Again he's tried an experimental potion that merely wafts into the air of the mansion as everybody is now too savvy to eat or drink anything left lying around ( Read more... )

The well-stocked cellar of the Mansion is silent except for a faint, steady dripSomewhere a leak has developed. Drop by drop, perfectly good alcohol is trickling onto the floor, forming a slowly growing pool. A problem easily remedied, once it's discovered ( Read more... )

My, Jewish holidays sure do come in bunches! Tomorrow night is the beginning of Succos, a harvest festival. An important part of the holiday is the Succah, a little wooden hut decorated with leaves and fruit and things. Does anyone want to help me build one? *beams*

Tonight is the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Does anyone have anything that they're sorry for?

Luna's sitting cross-legged on the ground, flipping through a book -- it says "Kokology, the game of self-discovery" on the cover, and she's clearly engrossed in it -- but not engrossed enough to not force it on everyone else ( Read more... )