CAD4-023
Barista: Ichabod Ramses
Date: Dec-24-2019
Receipt: CAD4-023
Subject: Business as Usual
Merry Christmas, y’all.
Ain’t got much to say today, and for once, that feels just right. We’ve done enough talkin’, enough frettin’, enough fightin’ this past month—and I ain’t even been here a full one yet. Just for today and tomorrow, I hope we can let it all go—let the weight of the world hang somewhere else for a little while. Take a deep breath. Let the quiet settle in.
That’s what the holidays are good for.
I hope y’all find somethin’ sweet in the day—somethin’ easy, somethin’ soft. Maybe a warm cup of chicory coffee, the smell of a good book, the slow hum of them old Christmas tunes, or just five minutes of stillness before the world starts turnin’ again.
And it will start turnin’ again.
So whatever little piece of joy you can snatch up, hold onto it. Ain’t no shame in takin’ a moment for yourself. Lord knows we’ve earned it.
The universe is always hummin’ with things lurkin’ just beyond the veil, shadows creepin’ where they don’t belong. The Coffee Trade, y’all call it. But not tonight. Not tomorrow. Not here. Just for a little while, let’s pretend it’s all just stories told over bourbon. No omens. No corpses. No monsters.
So take it easy. And if you can’t, know that somebody here is wishin’ you peace, wherever you’re wanderin’. Penthouse, Basement, and the Ground Floor are closed today and tomorrow—but just for work and the like. Ain’t no good closin’ out our kin. Just the world.