[ Old habits die hard. Ilsa is still checking the mail after the rest of the assigned family leaves for school and work on her days off. ]

[ There is another small, square envelope addressed to her. ]

[ Considering last time she opened an envelope like this, it laid her out on the lawn, caution wins out this time. She goes into the living room, ( Read more... )

Ilsa has gotten another piece of the puzzle, her receptive empathy ( Read more... )

( She knows she’s dreaming. )

[ Ilsa has been listening to people all day, spilling truths they kept inside, hidden from others and even from themselves. On the phones or in town, everyone seemed to be affected in varying degrees. ]

[ It was beginning to weigh on her mind; the alarming number of people professing to something they had no idea what it was, the torrent of words ( Read more... )

1490 Kramden, Early Morning: [ Ilsa wakes in her room, like any normal day. Sitting up, she stretches and reaches for her cigarettes... ]

[ wait, she doesn't smoke... ]

[ yes, she has, ever since senior year in high school. No, the sisters would have had kittens. ]

[ Sisters? What sisters? Mayfield High is a public school... ]

Mid-morning: [ ( Read more... )

These are the threads of Ilsa interacting in other journals for ( June 2011 )

( Ilsa actually talks to people, you know. )

[ Late Sunday Afternoon, 1490 Kramden: So, even with Nall and Tarvek in the house, there's still supper to get ready. Problem is, Ilsa's in one of those worried moods, what with another holiday on the horizon. So she's cooking a lot of food.]

[ No idea what the boys are doing, yet. ]

It seems the summer is the time to build. Of course, at 1490 Kramden it might not be immediately obvious that prep-work for additions are going on, unless you look in the basement windows.

Friends of the family might get invited downstairs to see what the crazy lady is up to, this time.

Junefield Meme about 15 useless facts about Ilsa.