Dated Wednesday, November 25

When their normally healthy, sweet-tempered child wakes cross and feverish, Jeyne and Robb take him to the clinic, where Combeferre takes a look at him and declares a mild case of flu.

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This was not a What Would Jane Do Moment ( Read more... )

At first, it had seemed like a very good idea. Though the seasons on Tabula Rasa passed far less perceptibly than they had in England, it was October, and Thomasina knew that somewhere in the world autumn was just coming round again. She felt as though it ought to be commemorated in some way, even if today was as warm as the day before had been, ( Read more... )

If anyone asks, I'm birdwatching. I mean, I'm not, obviously, but I've got a camera and a notebook to sell the story, should anyone feel like buying. And if there's one thing I can count on this place for, it's that someone'll feel like buying ( Read more... )

Dated mid-September, 2009:
Henri, Thom, Eden, and Grigg go on a double date. Philosophy, science, geekery, and general adorableness ensue.

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Sugar, you sure you want to be doing that? Run. Runaway. You're not as safe as you thought you were, are you? It's only a matter of time. He will find you when he wants you.She'd found it: the swamp. Trisha may have passed it a hundred times and somehow never seen it, but when she did, she found it and viewed it with a kind of dread that she couldn ( Read more... )

For the first time in his experience, Combeferre could not make the bookshelf cooperate. There had been times in the past when finding the correct book had taken time and patience, but never before had it been quite so unhelpful as this. He had been standing before it for nearly half an hour with no luck whatsoever ( Read more... )

On her seventh birthday, Karen sits in the rec-room and watches The Lion King with her feet up on the couch. She's got new Doc Marten boots with silver sparkles and a new dress in an alarming shade of lime green. She's got books (but she left them at home) and a promise of cake later. ShorHor has new trainers and Shadow made her a doll with blue ( Read more... )

Dated August 24, 2009:
Combeferre and Thom awake in Sidley Park and quickly surmise that the island is playing tricks again. Luckily, this time the tricks seem to be a lot less dangerous. Later that morning they meet in the hermitage to decide how they are going to explain Combeferre's presence to her family.

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Living on the edge of the sea meant that the journey to anywhere other than into the water was quite a far journey. What was started in the morning was usually not returned until the evening, which left hours for exploring and moving about in between ( Read more... )