scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
There will be an informal gathering in the library cozy room to brainstorm amusing band names, with snacks and drinks provided via potluck. All suggested names will be up for use by anyone attending, so please plan to share freely. While names garnered from prophetic dreams, parallel universes, or past life memories are not forbidden, we do ask that you share the provenance in such cases.

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LL#1202
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
As midwinter approaches, we have received increasingly frequent reports of floating candles in the night sky throughout the Lewisia area. While floating lights are, of course, a common occurrence year-round, it is rare for them to be attached to actual candles, lanterns, or other conventional sources of light, let alone what appear to be hand-rolled beeswax candles. These may be invitations to someone’s solstice festivities, the festivity itself, or just a case of unusually late candle migration to the southern wintering bogs.

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LL#1199
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
Mining operations in the eastern hills have been halted, following the discovery of a previously-undetected vein of spiderstone. Spiderstone consists of egg sacs, preserved by fossilization, of the presumed-extinct giant maze spider that once tunneled through this region in prehistoric days. For good or ill, we will have an opportunity to learn more about this creature’s habits and their tolerance for modern environmental conditions, as the unplanned exposure of the vein is believed to have initiated revivification and hatching of the eggs.

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LL#1196
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
For those who use wood for heating their homes or cooking this winter, we remind you to obtain firewood locally and avoid transporting wood across regions. Invasive insects, parasites, and evil spirits can hitch rides in firewood, allowing them to spread to previously healthy and unhaunted woodlands. And in the event that you mistakenly obtained wood from sentient trees and are about to be subject to their wrath, it is actually easier to cope with attack by a walking tree spirit in the open woods than it is in your living room.

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LL#1193
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
It seems that some households had their Wolfenoot meatloaves taken before they could be collected from the doorstep, leading to speculation about thieves, vagrants, and organized raccoon crime rings. Neighbors have already shared their bounty with those missing out, leaving us free to wonder who needed the Harvest Wolf’s offerings so badly. Keen-eyed investigators have spotted small paw- and footprints in some garden beds, suggesting we may have a feral werewolf pup in need of rescue (and possibly a belly rub after all those meatloaves).

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LL#1190
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
For those who will be traveling over the holidays or any other time of year, we encourage you to seek out a housesitter to look after your domicile in your absence. Housesitters provide peace of mind for you and valuable enrichment for your home by maintaining its normal routines of opening doors, creaking floorboards, endlessly adjusting the thermostat, and making little comments to the furniture when you bump into it. This is particularly important for older houses or those with structural issues, as these can be more vulnerable to hauntings and possessions if left unoccupied, leading to unpleasant surprises at the end of your travels.

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LL#1187
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
The health clinic is offering a new service as part of their mental health program: guided nightmares. Recently returned with degrees in psychology and intraplanar studies, a Lewisia-native dream folk can serve as a calm and reassuring companion to explore the landscapes of patients’ nightmares as part of treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other traumas. Note that these services are strictly therapeutic and should not be used as part of any quest involving more literal battling of inner demons.

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LL#1184
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
As the wider world has raised concerns about election integrity, we thought it worthwhile to address Lewisia’s voting policies. Provisions have been made to ensure that nationally acceptable ballots are available to those lacking in traditional identification (feral humans, fae folk, sentient trees, etc), on the grounds that living here is reason enough for your voice to be heard. Ballot counting is conducted by traditionalist vampires, which satisfies their arithmomania, with the added benefit that anyone attempting to tamper with ballots will provide a much-needed snack break for these civil servants.

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LL#1181
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
The town proper and surrounding areas contain a number of formal Crossroads, established as trade routes, anchor points, and gateways between here and elsewhere in various senses. At this time of year, it is wise to remember that some roads are longer than others and their destinations not always obvious. Stranger or beloved, ghost or demon, those you meet at the Crossroads are meant to go in a different direction than you, and little good tends to come from either party veering from their path.

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LL#1178
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
This is a final reminder to those who craft poppets that we are fast approaching the end of the season for magically imbuing them with life and purpose. If you find, as crafters often do, that your project is nowhere near completion when you need it, there are a number of crafty sorts around town selling or trading for completed poppets--remember, if you can’t make your own, locally bought is fine. When all else fails, you would be amazed at what you can accomplish with some twine-bound corn husks and dried acorns for your humanoid-based rituals, emergency soul vessels, and scrappy supernatural offspring.

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LL#1175
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
A soup pot has appeared in the park, steaming and bubbling merrily over a fire dwarfed by the great cast iron cauldron nestled between its logs. Early reports indicate it may have only contained water to start, but by now, people have begun adding an assortment of vegetables and dumplings. The usual sorts have come out to warn against accepting food from mysterious benefactors, but since most, if not all, the soup components have come from the community, occult experts say we're probably safe as long as we leave a portion for the cauldron's owner.

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LL#1172
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
As we all dust off our warm jackets and coats for the cooler weather to come, it is a good time to check the pockets. Most outerwear, left unattended for much of the year, is known to spontaneously generate artifacts in its pockets, such as mysterious phone numbers, vague yet menacing fortune cookie slips, and lucky pennies. It's always best to address these findings at home, rather than waiting to pull them out in the middle of a conversation or have them found by a partner who will wonder why you needed the number for Madame Mulgrove's Pest Removal and Private Investigators.

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LL#1169
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
We have received some complaints that figures in dark hoodies, pulled-down baseball caps, and comically oversized coats have been congregating on park benches or in the doorways of businesses after hours. These are just our local conspirators, who discuss sinister plots and exchange Byzantine secrets to generate a certain mood of menace and mystery. While they might sometimes pose an inconvenience, these figures represent a vital part of our town’s cultural system and they are largely harmless to uninvolved observers, however much they may glare and posture.

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LL#1166
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
Anyone, amateur or professional, who grows pumpkins or gourds knows the disappointment of checking on a developing squash only to find it has been hollowed out or split open by some marauding, burrowing rodent. This year, however, gardeners are reporting finding some of their crop pecked open from the inside by egg teeth unknown, hatched like some carotenoid-rich shell. Whether avian or reptilian or otherwise, the hatchlings themselves have not been found, so keep a watchful eye on both vine patches and the sky.

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LL#1163
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
Reports are coming in that residents have found an assortment of tiny skulls, twig spears tipped with chicken talons, and bark armor, concentrated around the back of Mulaney’s All-Night Diner. Late diners report hearing much clattering and squealing but they “figured the freezer entity was at it again.” Relevant authorities are checking in with the local populations of small folk to determine if there has been a new skirmish in the ongoing territory disputes between the rat folk and the brownies.

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LL#1160
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
Noted sculptor and deliberate eccentric Shrike, late of nowhere in particular, will be passing through Lewisia this week and will create several of its living sculptures for us to enjoy. Its technique involves encouraging live trees and bushes to grow rapidly in specific patterns, which might mistakenly be trivialized as mere topiaries. With assurances that past incidents of people being attacked by flowering plum trees in the shape of bears were caused by inappropriate use of pesticides, we are looking forward to these new artworks.

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LL#1157
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
A general strike has been called by clouds, in protest of dry conditions, hostility to overcast weekends, and the populace always claiming clouds are shaped like rude or undignified things. The picket line has been set up around the entire Lewisia region, visible on the horizon in all directions, and local meteorologists and weather witches are meeting with cumulonimbus representatives to discuss demands. In the meantime, residents should avoid crossing the picket line both out of solidarity and to avoid the lightning bolts that have been stockpiled by the Vapor Cycle Workers United local branch.

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LL#1154
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
The next round of Message in a Bottle pen pal matching will be taking signups this week, ahead of the weekend beach cleanup and bottle recovery trip to Rocky Head. If you’ve always wanted a pen pal but the social pressure of talking to another human seemed like too much, the slow, drifting pace of Message in a Bottle (and the eldritch nature of the replies) might be right for you. While we cannot guarantee that your message will be received or that a bottle will be sent back to you to wash up on our nearby shores, past rounds have yielded high response rates and only occasionally life-altering revelations.

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LL#1151
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
The Twilight Rail Line, which operates on the intermittently real tracks running through the older parts of town, will be having a Fare-Free Day on Wednesday. The usual cost of tickets varies based on destination, but typically involves things like memories of lost loves, the deed to the farm, or seeds stolen from woodpecker caches, so Fare-Free Day is somewhere between a nice treat and a life-changing value. The free pass lasts as long as you remain on the train, so those looking to start a life of permanent liminal travel would be wise to take advantage.

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LL#1148
scrubjayspeaks: Town sign for (fictional) Lake Lewisia, showing icons of mountains and a lake with the letter L (Lake Lewisia)
The next Art Trade day will focus on furniture and other large home goods (yes, we have dollies, hand trucks and tie-downs available to borrow), so bring your dull old pieces out for a revamp. Whether it’s a dresser that wants a touch of Scandinavian folk art along the drawers or a bed frame that should also serve as a bioluminescent nightlight, there’s bound to be a local artist who would love to use it as their canvas. For those intimidated by large and potentially time-consuming works, next month’s theme is keys and keyrings for our annual new participant introductory meeting.

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LL#1145

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