The thing about running the day to day of the boarding house was, there really wasn't that much to do on a day to day basis. There was some paperwork in the little office, but unless someone moved in or out it just remained in its neat piles and folders. He checked in on the residents every once in a while, just to make sure everything was running ( Read more... )

It was always a good day when the democratic process had been carried out without a hitch, and this day was no exception. The results of the latest Island Council election were in, and it was time to celebrate, not only the results, but the process itself. And given the number of hardships they endured on the island, a celebration was something ( Read more... )

Aphrodite has decided that she hates nature.

Sure, it was just fine when she was immortal, when flowers bloomed in her wake and nary a speck of dirt could touch her. But now she's mortal and subject to everything mortals have to deal with and it sucks. She has to bathe to stay clean, she has to eat things like fish, and she has to go down in that ( Read more... )

The clothes have a way of making the girl. Having picked up a pair of cute yellow heels from the clothes box she was partially attempting to break them in. These shoes were definitely worth the effort, even if she probably had a few gray hairs from the whole thing but that wasn't the point ( Read more... )

With the sun's last rays dwindling in the sky and all manner of friend and volunteer being so wonderfully helpful, Jane believed that New Pemberley was well-equipped for the evening's festivities. She had the loveliest of help from her friends who only deserved the most effusive words of praise for their tasks in helping with chairs, tables, and ( Read more... )

Dated December 17th, 2009:
After months of avoiding it, Webster returns to therapy.

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It's been two months since Brooke dumped the last of Rachel's coke. All in all, for a drug addict, it could have been worse. If she was home, it would have been damn near impossible. Mostly because she made it that way. Brooke could offer every kind of help but at the end of the day, Rachel's kind of a screw up. A big one. It's a reputation she has ( Read more... )

Many months ago, Saffron had taken an unopened bottle of Cristal, one of the last few left, and set it aside in a safe place to be used for her and Warrick's New Year's Eve celebration. But by the time that particular day rolled around her boyfriend was long gone, and so the champagne remained hidden away ( Read more... )

Sunrise today had found Calvin O'Keefe sleeping in a lonely bed ( Read more... )

While I've had the equipment for my boat for almost a month, I haven't started to figure out a way to mount it onto the mast or the dock of my sloop. It's sitting on my small dock, now, and the gentle lapping of the waves has been the soundtrack to my study of the objects that the Island's given to me ( Read more... )