Meet Gilly

Let’s meet Gilly. Interview by Bwana.

Let’s take a moment to meet Gilly. I had the chance to sit down with her this morning, and rattle off a few questions over cups of tea in her small backyard behind her shop and home. The sun was shinning and the eggplants were in a dancy mood. Running about and getting into trouble.

Bwana- So tell me a little about what’s going on here.

Gilly- What do you mean?

Bwana- Well it’s quite lively here in your backyard for 8:30 in the morning.

Gilly- Oh, well the sun came out and that always makes the eggplants a bit frisky. 

Bwana- Um, that’s not enough. Tell me more. Why are there so many Eggplants back here? Is your storefront some sort of front for an eggplant breeding program?

Gilly- Oh no, nothing like that. It’s just a hobby. I felt aweful for these lonely unanswered eggplant emojis. I adopted a few planted, and watered them, and things sort of took off from there. They are avid maters, and it went from a small handful to a couple hundred in just a few years. Now I can’t get rid of them. We hang out in the morning before I open up shop. I water, and feed them when I get up. We might have a cup of tea, and then go about our own business, but if the sun’s out. All bets are off. They just start dancing and getting busy.

Bwana- Ok. I think I understand a bit now. Let’s get to know more about you. What’s this shop? You live here too yeah?

Gilly- Yes. the shop is on the bottom floor, and I live upstairs. It’s not too bad, but I need to get out more, have more adventures. I think that’s how the eggplant thing started. I needed to get out of my daily rut. I love the shop though. I sell candy and drinks, and then it’s sorta a time capsule as you start digging around past the front counter. Old toys and stuff. I like to find old junk treasures and make them pretty again.

Bwana- And it’s called Grass Hut?

Gilly- Oh no, that’s the old sign from the last owners. I don’t know what they did here, but I have bamboo growing up through my wooden floors. I just haven’t decided what to name this place yet.

Bwana- How long have you been here?

Gilly- I think about a dozen years.

Bwana- … OK.

Let’s move on from here. What music do you like?

Gilly- My current favs are Killer Priest, Nidia, Koreatown Oddity. But I’ll listen to anything as background tunes on my tape player in the shop.

Bwana- Alright, how do you get around, what do you do to keep yourself limber?

Gilly- I like to ride my skateboard to thriftstores, and look for junk on the street for my shop. Sometimes I ride over to the Brazillion Millions and get a Mango Lasi, and a couple of Flan cups. Oh so yummy. Especially on a hot day. Sometimes I ride down to the beach and go for a swim. I can swim for days, literally.

Bwana- Well thank you Gilly. Anything else you have on your mind before I go?

Gilly- Thank you. this was fun. Don’t let any Eggplant sneak out with you. You’ll end up with your own farm.