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Some happiness (Tales from the SSC&B)

Chris Hall45 Comments

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The red-headed writer (aka la Raconteuse) had been pondering since she still couldn’t fathom who had written that strange note; it was indelibly etched in her brain, and she had shoved it in her big bag while she’d thought about something else for a bit.

She was very much happier since the whole crowd – meaning the Proprietors – were all back, plus a couple of others who had joined as well; they were all pretty busy, even though some of them had been doing certain nefarious things, well, she at least thought so.

La Raconteuse stretched for a moment then moved over to the bar; she craned over to watch Mimi and Tom who were parading their new aprons – they had found them on their pegs on the back of the door in the kitchen.

Denise, the Bartender, explained: ‘I’d wondered what would look good on those aprons since there are so many symbols around everywhere; I’d thought maybe a dove, or maybe a heart, but then, of course,’ as she grinned, ‘here it’s on the floor.’

‘Ah yes, we all know that place don’t we,’ as la Raconteuse smiled, ‘what a perfect idea.’

She turned around and looked up where the Gatekeeper was back in his usual spot – he’d returned to the front entrance, as he was lighting his cigar; the red-head writer dropped down from the bar, as she ran up to talk to him, she hugged him and said: ‘we will never forget what you wrote there.’

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45 thoughts on “Some happiness (Tales from the SSC&B)”

  8. I’m noting what’s written in the note, Chris …and you’re not telling yet, …sigh!! …I’ll just sit at the bar, …earwigging, …(🎶and swinging along to the Speakeasies🎶)….💙

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  14. Wow, I feel like in there, sipping a Dr Pepper…and wondering if it’s my kinda place or whether I should just quietly slip out before someone whispers “who’s that strange one over there?” You Write, Girl!

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  15. the coolest thing (ok, one of them) about the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro is that is a shared world created by multiple Authors/Creators.

    damn! talk about more than the sum of the parts!

    I can come here in any number of difference forms, visit from a variety of perspectives, and…and!! with multiple creators… there is always the element of uniqueness to each of us.

    v cool

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  16. Nothing like a full house at the Six Sentence Café & Bistro, Chris. Even those deemed “questionable”, lol. The mystery of who dropped that note with the red-headed writer is a vexing one but I’m sure she will uncover the person’s identity in time.

    As to apron monogram, I’m betting Denise will defer to Tom and Mimi 😁

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  17. Hmm… mysterious notes. I just read a short news item about a couple that bought an older Victorian home. The last survivor of the home wrote them a note telling them to look carefully for hidden rooms! Quite a few of the original items from the family were also left in the home… in the mirror on a shelf or mantle – which was a secret door was a hidden liquor cabinent filled with bottles of booze! 🙂

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