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The door from the end of the universe leads into Meg's bedroom from what should have been a very small walk-in closet. (Meg puts duct tape across the catch on the doorknob, to keep the door connected to Milliways -- simple, but she and Laura tested it very carefully and it seems to work ( Read more... ) -
OOM-but-Not
Meg Ford has her hands full as she comes into Milliways today.
And then, suddenly, she doesn't, as the bottom of her grocery bag splits in dramatic fashion.
She just (barely) manages to catch the bottle of shampoo, and the bread lands at her feet and stays there, but a half dozen oranges promptly go rolling in a half dozen directions. -
Engagement Party Banner
There is a large cloth banner spread across a long table, reading Best Wishes, Meg and Alain in large letters. All along the banner, there are cups of fabric markers in just about every color imaginable.
A tent card invites guests to "leave your good wishes for the happy couple." -
1 January 1990
New Year's Day is quiet ( Read more... ) -
le 7 décembre 1989
Meg's honestly not sure if she slept at all, if thoughts ever gave over to dreams, but she knows that it was 3:27 am when she turned her bedroom clock to face the wall so she would stop staring at it ( Read more... ) -
le 6 décembre 1989
It's the point in the semester when nerves start to fray and tempers snap, as classes wind down and exams start up ( Read more... ) -
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Meg doesn't often wind up in Milliways in the morning. But she did today, and she ran into Laura, and it seemed high time they called their own bluffs and actually went to see a play, instead of just talking about it for months. Meg's roommates aren't awake yet, so there won't have to be any awkward explanations of how Laura suddenly arrived in ( Read more... ) -
I hear you call my name and it feels like home
It's 5:04 am when Meg is awakened from a less-than-sound sleep by someone knocking on the apartment door ( Read more... ) -
one thing leads to another
"Meg?" Carrie asks, opening the door to her room a couple of careful inches. "Are you okay? It's 8:30, you're going to miss your class ( Read more... ) -
turn around, bright eyes
Meg steps out of Milliways and onto the sidewalk in front Marie-Laure and Sylvie's cafe, where thirty days (and all of two minutes) ago she had . . . something. She can't remember what. Hot chocolate, probably, and . . . some kind of pastry ( Read more... )