Tonight, I advised my audience that suspension of disbelief would be helpful. And you know what? They had no problem with that, and were thoroughly enraptured by this spooky story. Basically, a little girl has a better nose than a Jack Russell terrier, and a certain smells enable her to travel back in time to observe her mother’s life before she was conceived. But wait. there’s more! But… that’s enough spoiling for one blog post.

We had a lovely audience tonight, and Igor came through with perfect herring, which we enjoyed on my Borodinsky bread with a pat of butter, a thin slice of shallot, and good grinding of black pepper. Yum.