To get me away from watching reruns of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman all summer, my Aunt Zettie invited me for orange Kool-Aid and taught me how to crochet using Wonder Bread plastic bags. She showed me her collection of Sunday hats, dining room curtains, a toilet seat cover, and her own version of The Last Supper that she had crocheted; all popped with red, yellow, and blue dots. Soon I made vests and headbands for my sisters, a tie for Dad, a rain bonnet for Mom, and my summer wardrobe: t-shirt, shorts, flip flops, and underwear. Mom gave me the news about Aunt Zettie, and I crocheted her a wig and a gown with twist ties in the back. When I visited, she was wearing both and said, “This takes me back to the time I read tea leaves at a carnival.”
Jeff Harvey lives in Southern California and edits Gooseberry Pie Lit. His fiction has been published recently by Ghost Parachute and Bending Genres.
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