My dear old reader,
Over three and a half years since its inception, through the multitude of plots and exploits of the motley cast of characters, the narrative thread of The Life and Times of Miblo del Carpio is to very shortly change direction and pursue a course entirely other from its history extant.
For an historic journey, previously barely mentioned in a cautious effort not to tempt that devious Fate (if indeed she does exist to be tempted), is to be begun tomorrow: I set out in the afternoon to Mossley where my grandparents live, to pass an interval of one day there, then on the Tuesday morning will my uncle Stanley arrive and out we fly from Manchester Airport at 14:05, passing through Doha in Qatar at 00:05 local time, and arriving in the early hours of the morning over there to spend two weeks with our family in Dubai. Whence we then go on to a place of some importance in my family history: for four precious days we will visit Goa in India, the birthplace of my grandparents.
Lest Fate be in the mood for being tempted, here I stop, and when you next hear word from me I will be breaking free of this cocoon in which I've lain these many years, and flourishing my wings anew.
Word of the Week
Metamorphosis
metamorphosis /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəsɪs/ n. 1 a The action of process of changing in form, shape, or substance; esp. transformation by supernatural means. b A metamorphosed form or state. Obs. 2 A complete change in the appearance, circumstances, condition, or character of a person, a state of affairs, etc. 3 a Biol. Change of form in an animal (or plant), or its parts, during post-embryonic development; spec. the process of transformation from an immature form to a different adult form that many insects and other invertebrates, and some vertebrates (e.g. frogs), undergo in the course of maturing. Also: an instance of this. b Biol. (chiefly Bot.). Evolutionary change in the form of an organ. Also (Bot.): change of one type of organ into another as an abnormal process, as in staminody or petalody. Also: an instance of such change. Now rare. The use of this sense in botany was influenced by Goethe's Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen (1790). c Histol. and Pathol. Change of form in a cell or tissue; growth or repair of tissue. Now rare exc. in fatty metamorphosis n. accumulation of lipid in the cytoplasm of cells, esp. of the liver. d Chem. and Biochem. A chemical reaction, esp. one involving catalytic or enzymatic action; a metabolic change; metabolism (esp. catabolism). Obs.
Definition courtesy of the OED Online
