musically gifted

“Blind Tekla, who had Steffia Krolik read her every single inch of the Penny Saver each Thursday night, notified her musically gifted niece over in Brimfield once she heard the advertisement—not even knowing it was mine—and the next week I had the woman in my living room playing “Moon River” on her trumpet, Tekla sitting deep in a nearby armchair, pounding time on the floor with her big black shoes.”

Simon & Schuster: Hoopi Shoopi Donna