“I (Sarah Stravinska) was cutting up beets to make borscht when the doorbell rang. I was pretty well covered with blood- red beet juice as I opened the door to two earnest young men clutching Bibles.
“Their eyes grew big with horror.
I seized the moment. Dropping my voice into my best Morticia imitation, I intoned, ‘I was just preparing a sacrifice. Do come in.’
“Those young evangelists must have died on the spot and turned into angels – because they flew away!”
Sarah Stravinska Chestnut, LA Columnist Smiley Anders Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate