It begins with her telling about the new clothes she and her mother had bought in the wonderful downtown stores and how everything had been packed so carefully into big steamer trunks in preparation for the trip. It was a tidy journal written in the beautiful penmanship of a child educated at the turn of the century.Īfter the first few pages, which were filled with episodes of daily life and the anticipations of her upcoming journey, there was a page, across the top of which was written in bold letters “Katie’s Trip to Italy.” She brought out the little book bound in brown leather with the word “diary” engraved in elaborate but somewhat faded gold script across the front cover.
The lady was busy with garage sale customers, but she said if we were really interested, we could have a look at her grandmother’s diary from back then. They named her Concetta, but she grew up in the New York City of the 1890s, so everybody called her Katie. In May of the next year, the couple was blessed with the birth of a healthy baby girl. As each pregnancy ended in sadness, the woman became more and more despondent, until at last, in desperation, the husband vowed that if God would give them a living baby, on their 12th birthday, he would bring the child to the little church in his hometown in Italy and present them to the patron saint of the village. The wife was pregnant several times but was never able to give birth. But try as they might, they just couldn’t have a baby. Soon, they were able to buy a tavern on the corner of Spring and Sullivan streets, and they settled down to raise a family in this new and exciting country. She said her great grandparents had emigrated to New York from a little town in Southern Italy in the 1880s and lived in Greenwich Village where they worked hard and prospered. I told him not to put it out.” Then, over her husband’s grumblings, she explained that the little gown was precious to her it had belonged to her grandmother when she was a young girl, and it represented an important milestone in her family’s heritage. As we held it up to get a better look at it, the lady came over and said, “I’m sorry. Then we spotted, hidden near the bottom of one of the baskets, a child’s muslin gown with little pink and green flowers stitched around the collar. Their condition was such that they could not survive even one cycle in our washing machine, so we decided to leave them to another seeker and move on. We were looking through some piles of ancient linens, many of which were wrapped in crumbling old foreign newspapers, and admiring the faded, hand-embroidered napkins and tablecloths, and the delicate sheets and pillowcases that were neatly stacked in willow baskets on the front porch of the brick house. One story that we tell over and over again, fabricating when necessary to fill in some long-forgotten details, concerns a simple little muslin gown we found many years ago at a sale not far from home. We spend our evenings fantasizing about treasures waiting to be discovered and recalling past adventures. Spring will be here soon, and with it we hope for some exciting new searches.
Hope you enjoy the game.These freezing days make us long for better times – times when the weather was nicer and one could depend on dozens of sales each weekend with lots of interesting objects to look at and maybe even a few things to buy. Being a patreon, you'll get updates one week in advance (public after that period) and participate in polls and other exclusive benefits. You can contribute here or through Patreon. I have a Patreon, to help with the development of the game. Complex, branching storyline, concentrating on character relationships, player freedom, and story.And lots of passionate scenes and scenarios as well! What will you find in Katie's Diary? This game aims to present you with a multifaceted and branching storyline, immersive characters, and a lot of freedom with meaningful choices. Told through her diary entries, readers will experience Katie's most intimate thoughts and feelings. It follows Katie as you make choices that will change her life forever. Katie's Diary is a game of love, lust, and passion.
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