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My correspondent, who describes himself as a 'computer literate tramp', conjures up a picture in my mind of our peripatetic wine buff as he experiences the after-effects of drinking a carton of 39 pence per litre country red wine from a supermarket in Benidorm (warning: don't try this yourself! It's for cooking only! So Rozanne, see below, tells me). Seventies Stalwart 'Go on…. , treat yerself……..' he urges, 'Go onnn!!. ……………..You know you want to,' 'Peace man.' I can tell that Pete is of about the same vintage as I am! Maybe it would
be fun to try it again, just one more time . . .
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It's
sunny again today; so warm that it brings back memories of our holiday
in Mallorca just over a year ago. An e-mail arrives this morning referring
to a diary page I drew about the dubious delights of Baron Romero
(see link below), a Spanish red from the bargain end of the supermarket
wine rack.
A
recent mention of Blue Nun on a programme about the the
1970s made me think that I might like to taste this Liebfraumilch, an
icon of the era, again. Our Connoisseur of the Costas (who in real life
is ukelele player Pete Starkey, see link below)
tells me that the bouquet of Blue Nun takes him: 'well and truly back
to an almost forgotten era. The aroma of furniture polish, an argument
for old fruit, and a cheeky hint of glue and dolly mixtures . . . my memories
came flooding back . . . Flared velvet loons, Wishbone Ash, top floor
bed-sits with no furniture . . .'
Meanwhile,
in Spain today, a storm is building, Rozanne, who
lives on the Catalan coast, tells me.
Comic
Book Creator
Like
me, Rozanne favours handwritten captions to the drawings although she's
considered using a typeface created from her own handwriting. She records
her progress on the strip in her blog (see link below).