My Deal Me In cards gave me clubs again, so I read another Chekhov story. OYSTERSby Anton Chekhov On the surface, this is one of those stories that just happen. You can imagine somebody saying, like, “That reminds me of something that happened to me…
My Deal Me In deck turned up clubs this week, and clubs means Chekhov. Yay!!! The story wasn’t ghastly for once, although he does ghastly like nobody’s business. No, this one was superficially meaningless but actually funny. In Passion Week by Anton Chekhov An eight-year-old…
As a “wicked stepmother” myself, and the loving granddaughter of a “wicked stepmother”, and the loving “wicked stepmother” of a “wicked stepmother”, I can really do without the “wicked” tag. That said, I agree that the stepsisters in Cinderella were pretty snotty. But why? Alice…
