Royal Observances:
- Festival of the Lanterns-in-Waiting concludes this Fourthday. Please extinguish all ceremonial lanterns with dignity and a damp cloth, not a sneeze.
- The Ministry of Bells will conduct the semiannual Clapper Calibration on Fifthday. Expect intermittent donging.
- All citizens are reminded that Turnip Atonement Week begins shortly. Prepare emotionally.
Market Schedule:
- Inverness Main Market: Open Moonday–Fifthday, with extended hours on Thirdday for those needing socks, marmalade, or obscure components.
- Thimble-on-the-Pond Fish Exchange: Fresh eels arriving from Coldbrook; slippery interactions expected.
- Upper Bramble Heath Flea Emporium: Closed for fumigation, expected to reopen when the fleas agree to sign the accord.
Weather Predictions:
- Moonday: Scattered moods, light drizzle of memory.
- Thirdday: Cloud cover thick enough for poetry.
- Fourthday (Lighting Night): Crisp, quiet, likely mist, emotionally charged.
- Fifthday: Unseasonably polite.
Courtly Events & Notable Happenings:
- Shoe Audits resume in the East Quarter. Any shoe found sulking or flapping without cause shall be gently reprimanded.
- The Lantern Museum will unveil its new exhibit, “Waiting, But With Wicks.” Tours guided by candlelight and passive-aggressive whispers.
- Constable Rigg’s Mustache returns from sabbatical.
Final Blessing:
May your lanterns be full, your stew not too rooty, and your path untroubled by high wheels or low intentions. Go forth in the peace of steady shoes.