This is just a story start. I have no idea where it is going or what it will become. Maybe a short story.
Hat Lady
Greta wore hats. Hats with plumes, hats with glitter, lace, and flowers. Ridiculous hats. Pompous hats. Gaudy and outrageous hats. One whole bedroom in her Queen Anne Victorian Revival was made over into a hat room. Next door to the hats, Greta kept her collection of furs and wigs. She flaunted her eccentricities the way other women flaunted their breast enhancements and bleached teeth. She walked with grace and sophistication, adorned in the most extravagant evening gowns in the middle of the day.
These daily strolls led her into antique stores and junk shops where she searched for bits of costume jewelry to add to her ever-growing collection. She also hunted for lamps with elaborate stained glass shades and Grecian Urns to grow her herbs in. She was known in the neighborhood as Lady Greta. The children knew that at Halloween she would give out handsome amounts of sweets and goodies. Lady Greta was the source or inspiration for several urban legends. Plastic surgery and flattering clothing had long made sure that no one knew her true age. Rumors thrived about her origins and past. She was a black widow in hiding, a former Nazi, a celebrity that had gone incognito. Maybe she was an international spy or even a terrorist. Each new generation built on the legends of the last.
These daily strolls led her into antique stores and junk shops where she searched for bits of costume jewelry to add to her ever-growing collection. She also hunted for lamps with elaborate stained glass shades and Grecian Urns to grow her herbs in. She was known in the neighborhood as Lady Greta. The children knew that at Halloween she would give out handsome amounts of sweets and goodies. Lady Greta was the source or inspiration for several urban legends. Plastic surgery and flattering clothing had long made sure that no one knew her true age. Rumors thrived about her origins and past. She was a black widow in hiding, a former Nazi, a celebrity that had gone incognito. Maybe she was an international spy or even a terrorist. Each new generation built on the legends of the last.
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