S is for Serendipity

S is for Serendipity

Like the word nonplussed, serendipity is one of those words that is often misused and misconstrued. Today, it seems to have been watered down to the point well people employ the word to mean a case of good luck or good fortune or when something happens unexpectedly...
R is for Runcible Spoon

R is for Runcible Spoon

Of Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat of course! They dined on mince and slices of quinceWhich they ate with a runcible spoon… How can you not LOVE this word, or even try and conjur up what a runcible spoon looks like? To me it appears to be wooden...
Q is for Quinoa

Q is for Quinoa

The super food! I’ve decided that I need to alternate super heavy posts (like PKD with lighter fare). Hence the super food, quinoa, grown in the Andes. As a vegetarian, I was delighted to stumble across this high-protein, high-fibre food. The fact that it is...
P is for PKD

P is for PKD

Last week, somebody asked me ‘Are you going to write about your kidneys for the letter ‘K?” I said no. I don’t really want to do that. Instead, ‘K’ day was about Karma. However, today (yes, I’m getting in under the wire here...
O is for Ophelia

O is for Ophelia

Yes, she of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The one who’s told to bugger off to a nunnery The one who goes mad and starts Hey Nonny Nonny-ing The one who drowns herself in the lake because some mad bastard treated her like crap. And no, before you say “But you...