The Havens Rest Regulars

These are the characters you're most likely to find when you visit Havens Rest.   They can be counted on to be having fun, to be keeping the place jumping, to be engrossed in deep, meaningful discussions, and to give you a big, warm welcome.

Tabitha Tidwell, Proprietress
A woman of many faces.  Known elsewhere on the web as Glynes, Cyane Ri, RoxieLou, and formerly, Hixie.  No one is sure if she's truly possessed by that many spirits, or if it's just an ordinary identity crisis that afflicts her!  Before establishing the pub, she previously frequented soc.penpals (where she met her RL fiancé ... just ask her about her British Sailor!!); alt.cuddle; and C20.0056.  She currently makes regular appearances in alt.visa.us.marriage-based.
Tabitha maintains her image as a woman of mystery by totally disappearing from time to time, but always returns eventually with renewed enthusiasm, and throws herself into the activities of the pub.  If she's not tending the bar, she's likely to be in the midst of a game of darts, engrossed in intense conversation with friends by the fire, or collaborating with her pub-mates on some sort of foolishness or other.   And she's been known to strap on her tap shoes, and demonstrate a dance step or two on the tables. (Rather frightening, that!!)  She is currently perfecting her performance of the fabled "Dance of the 7 Chenille Bathrobes.
In real life, she's a middle-aged rock-n-roll baby, with a long career in office administration; she is owned by three cats (The Infamous Whisker Sisters), is writing two books, and has taken on the Immigration and Naturalization Service on behalf of the aforementioned British Sailor (now retired), with a wedding imminent.
You can visit Tabitha's alter-egos, and marvel at some of her real-life misadventures, on her personal website.

Barbara
The assistant barkeep.  When Tabitha is off doing important stuff elsewhere, Barbara welcomes people to the pub, directs them to a comfy seat by the fire, the hot tub and/or "special" rooms (if they so desire).  Only Barbara knows the location of the "special" basement room with whips and chains and does not give this information out lightly.  Barbara is mother to Peyton and constantly worries about Peyton's relationship with Posieden.
In real life Barbara is a mother, grandmother, ex WAC (ex a lot of things) and now freelance writer currently earning part of  her keep writing nonfiction articles for newspapers and magazines.  She's excited at the prospect of trying her hand at fiction.
Visit her homepage at:  http://www.mindspring.com/~bglake

Peyton Hunter
A wee fair irish lass and the Mistress of the infamous Hunter's Run. Also known as the Keeper of the Sacred Sun-Ripened Raspberry powers, as whenever she is near, her presence will be known by the soft and gentle scent of raspberries.  It is rumored that only within the walls of Hunter's Run these sacred flowers grow and flourish under her watchful eye.  At Havens Rest, Peyton holds court at her place near the fire, her wit and wisdom bringing a special sparkle to the atmosphere. 

At times, she can be seen wandering about the pub in her bunny slippers, and it is rumored that she is the instigator of the custard and water balloon wars.  If there's orneriness about in the pub, she is usually in the midst of it (or not far behind) with, Clarissa, her cohort in crime.

In real life, Peyton lives in her dream home with her husband of 10 years, and her two little redheads babies.  Peyton works in law enforcement (take heed, any rowdies in the pub!!), writes, and cares for three cats and one very large Great Pyrenees puppy

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Figaro
The incomparable.  Serves as resident curmudgeon and wit.  You really have to meet him to get the full effect!

Morgan Hunter
Morgan is Mistress of Hayden's Run, also known as the infamous Lipstick Bandit and is the virtual twin sister to Peyton Hunter.As the story tells it, Morgan left Peyton's side over a family dispute and has since traveled far and wide making a name for herself as the infamous Lipstick Bandit. Normally striking when the moon is full, she shares Peyton's raspberry powers although uses them in a slightly different manner.  She shares Peyton's love for the handsome sea god.  Only he has the power to rein her in.   Watch out if the Bandit finds you in the darkness ...unsuspecting... For she shall sneak up on you and pull you into the folds of her cloak leaving you slightly dishelved with raspberry kisses. ;o)
If Morgan has a "real life", no one at Havens Rest has been able to pin her down to hear about it.

Max
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat
                                 -- Lewis Carrol
Max doesn't believe she's *the* Cheshire Cat, but she's certain that she's related!   She adds a definite *spark* to conversations in the pub, being one of our liveliest contributors.

Thuss
Another exuberant contributor to the fun at the pub.  He offers words of wisdom (and just a little silliness!) that have been come to be known as "Thussisms".

Clarissa
The madcap "Vodka Queen" of the pub, is the virtual fiancée of Paul, the resident loon, although she is very easily 'distracted' by the other regulars.  Once pure of mind and virtue, she was corrupted by the folks of Havens Rest and now has become what is best described as 'flirty'.  Clarissa indulges in copius amounts of vodka and occasionally prepares the odd pub quiz for the regulars.  She plays a mean game of pool, and quite often rants about silly little things to let off steam.  We suspect that she is able to move faster than the speed of light, because while it appears that she's lounging by the fireplace, she does seem to be getting into mischief in most of the on-going threads at any given moment.  In real life, Clarissa is a student (we haven't been able to ascertain what exactly she is a student of), in Yorkshire, England, where she obviously keeps rather odd pets.

Paul
In real life, Paul is an engineering student in Virginia, studying to be a mechanical engineer. In his copious free time (irony intended) he writes stories, plays with his three kids and likes to go hiking whenever he can, as you can see from the picture. He was born in Upstate New York and raised in the Adirondack Mountains, and lived in Central New York  until the economy told him to move elsewhere. He's been a draftsman for more years than he likes to admit, although he's also been a waiter, a bartender, a racehorse groom, a surveyor and an amusement park ride operator. Years of being alternately baked in the sun and frozen in the subzero winters mixed with an addiction to chocolate and Kenya AA coffee have muddled his already rather disturbed mind until he has no choice but to be the Resident Loon. His diseased imagination churns out rather grotesque if uniquely charming stories- for instance, he's currently working on the heartwarming tale of a young necrophiliac who acheives his boyhood ambition by becoming the coroner. (Just kidding...) Paul encourages e-mails to him, but beware- his muse is not encumbered by such limiting factors as taste or sanity. In the words of the bumper sticker on the back of his old Honda: "Caution- Sarcastic and Cynical." Caveat emptor.

Nick

Nick has been active in the Aerospace Industry ... (which makes him uniquely qualified to deal with the "space cases" who frequent the pub) ... as an engineer and an Administrator, working on Missiles & Space programs,and sundries of other related projects. He's retired now, smelling the roses along life's roadside