Swan Eaters by Georgia Dunn for December 07, 2020

Yeah. In case anyone was wondering . . . Grandma Yaga is certainly no fool!

Give it up, Olwen. It’s hard to “con” a con artist! Grandma Yaga may have taught you almost everything you know, but she probably didn’t teach you everything she knows.

Olwen: “Yes. I need the recipe for your Christmas cookies. Big family gathering coming up. Of course, you’re welcome to join in.”

Well to be fair, no one who knows of Baba Yaga’s history is going to seek her out for no particular reason.

Yeah.. those do look like the hilts of swords in her hunch. The curved one could be the handle of a scimitar of some sort (I have a Turkish one that isn’t too far different)

Family. They understand each other’s coded communication.

These two perspectives are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The convergence of the two reminds me of the Robert Frost quote, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”

You can always tell the size of the favor by how far up your butt the asker is sticking their nose.

So transparent.

Grandma Yaga immediately cuts to the CHASE!

Pretty obvious huh?

Time to spill the tea.