“I thought you’d never ask,” is Parker’s reply when a note appears on Bar with her name on it. In due course, she is behind the counter, putting the final flourishes on her sign.

Specials

PBR Beer
Bloody Mary
Chocolate Milk ShakeIn the flotsam and jetsam underneath the bar, Parker finds a black apron which she ties on over her shorts and t- ( Read more... )

The large notice that Parker is posting tonight is pale green with lettering in silver marker, done in a neat and well-practiced hand. Hand-drawn daisies in silver and white fill in the corners and edges. Parker carefully aligns the edges three times before she steps away from the notice and nods in satisfaction and bustles off to attend to some ( Read more... )

When Parker Lee sets out to plan a party, she doesn’t do it by halves. Especially when it’s going to be for one of her best friends. Meg’s engagement is going to be celebrated in style if she has anything to say about it.

And so her table looks like the table of a woman who is planning to invade a small country by way of Better Homes & Gardens. ( Read more... )

[OOM: The only problem with sleeping over is that sometimes the Door to Milliways stalks you.]Even though she’s never been an overly religious person, Parker does take a moment to thank God that she grabbed Luke’s shirt on the way to the kitchen this morning. She may be bare-footed and bed-headed, but at least she’s decently covered from her throat ( Read more... )

[OOM: Nothing like a little grass fire to liven up your workday. Thank goodness for the recuperative powers of Milliways.

Back at the ranch, Parker has one more small fire to put out. At least metaphorically speaking.]

One careless idiot with a cigarette. That’s all it takes.

Not that they know for sure that that’s what caused the grass fire on the hill downwind from the stables. But it could have been. Easily. And Jerry, not so successfully shushed by Karen, has made some dire threats toward anyone-employee or guest--he catches messing with fire.

“Bad enough ( Read more... )

Parker is engaged in a Convoluted Exercise of Extreme Girliness this evening ( Read more... )

Parker had brought paper and pen to Milliways with her tonight, with the intent of writing a letter to Grandma Lee ( Read more... )

[OOM: You're off on Saturday, right?]

[OOM: Many adjectives can be used to describe Parker Lee. "Coy" is pretty far down on the list.Parker comes into the Bar with a first-date flush in her cheeks ( Read more... )