“Only bad witches are ugly…”

This is what Glinda, the pretty Good Witch of the North, said to Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.

I don’t think she ever realized that some bad witches can be quite beautiful.

At least Elphaba, the Bad Witch of the West, was.

She had a certain radiance that captured the winkie prince Fiyero’s heart, which the pretty Glinda herself couldn’t.

Last month I drove over 4 hours to Singapore with my family to watch “Wicked,” the famous Broadway show. It was undoubtedly a great show and my kids just loved it.

But for some very WICKED reason, I kept thinking of “broccoli” while I was watching.

How bizarre!

It could be Elphaba’s green face or the green emerald city in the land of Oz on the stage.

Or it could simply be that I’d gone mad, which happens from time to time.

Whatever the reason was, I was inspired with broccoli and happy to present it today.