Saturday, January 30th, eveningI'm not quite sure how I feel about tonight. Nervous, and happy, and a bit shy all at once, I think. After the business with Damien and Johnny I've felt my nerves have had more grounds - though it's more for Tess's sake than mine. I can just imagine what people will be saying about the Thiesses now they know about ( Read more... )

[Saturday, January 23 (Day 237)]
[After Closing, The Carnival]

There comes a time when all the thoughts finally stop, overcome and drowned by the whiskey, by the opium, by whatever distraction is handy and available for purchase, and there's nothing but silence.  Not an entirely uncomfortable sound, the absence of all that bloody thinking, those ( Read more... )

[Julaften - Thursday, December 24 (Day 207)]
[After sunset - The Tavern of Hell]

Yesterday was a busy day for the Tavern and its residents.  Cookie spent the day cooking and baking while the rest of us put the finishing touches on the Tavern's festive decorations.  The wooden ornaments are glossy on the tree and the brightly-wrapped presents under it ( Read more... )

Day 207 - Wed Dec 24th
Gar's Trailer - The Living Lot
Dawn

As I lay here, I hear things, smell things, know things I have previously heard, smelled, and known a thousand, thousand times. There are times I wish I could ignore what I perceive, but such is one of the many curses I bear. That time of year is here again, and while in centuries past it ( Read more... )

Thursday November 19th
Late afternoon

Business is getting slower as winter gets closer. I'm spending more time drawing, and less time with customers.  Business isn't doing too bad yet, but I don't know what it'll be like in winter proper.  Hope the carnival does okay. Which reminds me I oughta visit more often. I still go see Mama N' Abbey regular ( Read more... )

Monday, November 16th - late afternoon/early eveningWhat a beautiful day it has been! The sun has been shining brilliantly all day, even though it's decidedly cool. The sun is low in the sky now, but I think there will be a lovely sunset. I have been humming to myself all day, because it is a good thing to be alive and healthy when it's a bright ( Read more... )

Saturday, November 7th
near noon

That was one wild party. I dragged myself home after I woke up, alone on those pillows in that room. The Opium den. Collected all my things and went home for a proper shower and more sleep. Didn't think about what happened. Didn't want to think about it.

Bits of that night kept drifting in and out of my thoughts the ( Read more... )

Day 146, Saturday, October 25th
NightBoden’s gone, that was almost a month ago, I’ve barely left the lot since. He was actin’ on edge since that sign from management went up, so if I said I didn’t know it was coming I’d be a fuckin’ liar. I’d also be a liar if I said I wasn’t pissed about it. Pissed about how long I stood there watching him walk ( Read more... )

Friday, October 2nd, early eveningIt's October; I am not sure quite how that happened. It is a mild air today, but there is something unmistakable in the air. Fall is coming; the leaves are beginning to change, and the sky has that particular autumn shade of blue. I like this time of year; the harvest is coming in, apples are ripe, it's not too ( Read more... )

Wednesday, September 23rd, early eveningFrom my bedroom I can hear a band tuning up outside. I smile and look out of the window. Stalls are being put up all along Main Street, and at the end nearest the river there's been a temporary stage erected. Bunting flutters in the breeze, and I smile, because we have two things to celebrate today - the ( Read more... )