Town Meeting

[john-adams-1776.livejournal.com]

John awoke at his usual early hour on the morning of the town meeting. He dressed with slightly more than usual care in his suit of clothes from home, broke his fast with a light meal, and headed to the Golden Horseshoe to ensure that things were the way he wanted.

The chairs and small tables were already perfectly arranged, but John dragged a podium he found backstage out to the front of the curtain. Then he bustled about in the kitchen area setting out drinks and whatever small snacks he could find back there.

Before long, interested citizens began filing in and he went up to the podium. There was no microphone because he'd never heard of such a thing, but John Adams never had difficulty making himself heard.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome. If you would please pick up any refreshments you'd care for and take your seats, we'll begin in just a few minutes."

Comments

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Susan accepted the brownie happily. "Thank you. How have you been?"

[grumpy-sunshine.livejournal.com]

"Oh, fine. On days when we're not all talking like pirates, anyway. You?"

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

"Much occupied with small children," Susan said. She shook her head, amused. "There's three of them now -- two of them staying with me, and one who seems more inclined to run wild. I do what I can for her, but Pearl and Calvin are quite the handful themselves."

[grumpy-sunshine.livejournal.com]

Sunshine laughed. "Which one of them is the redhead with the horizontal braids? She's always running around outside my restaurant, I keep meaning to haul her in and feed her."

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

"That's Pippi. She's a good girl, for all her wildness." A small, wry laugh. "If you can make her eat something other than corndogs, I wish you would."