CUTC-009
Barista: Joy Livingstone
Date: Dec-7-2019
Receipt: CUTC-009
Subject: Business as Usual
Hey, everyone. I just wanted to check in.
I know yesterday was… a lot. For everyone. Especially for those who went to help with the clean up. But even for those who didn’t—I don’t need to pull out my cards to know that everyone’s feeling it. Down. Distressed. Heavy.
Even with the fires put out, there’s still going to be a smoke clinging to us that won’t wash away. And I don’t know if it ever fully will.
And I know we’re in-between Cafes right now. When we do get together, it’s been at Jean-Marc’s house. Otherwise, everyone’s been off on their own, just checking in through their CaDComs. And I can’t help but feel like… this is the time we should be together. We need to be together.
I don’t have a place here in Long Beach, but Jean-Marc has been so generous in letting the Florida Cafe stay with him for now. I want to invite everyone over for tea, but we’re kinda cramped enough as is.
So instead, this weekend, I’ll be at Bixby from sunup ‘til sundown. Everyone’s invited. If you need anything—tea, a tarot spread, just someone to sit with—you’ll know where to find me. And we don’t even need to talk. We don’t have to say anything at all.
I just… I want to make sure this crisis doesn’t take anyone else with it. You know?
We lost a lot.
But we’re still here.
And we still have each other.
Peace, love, and Joy.