PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME...

...what I've given up for Lent.  I've given up alcohol - in particular my favorite tipple - red wine. When out for dinner I have tea instead of carmine colored vino.  Red wine and tea may seem far apart, but in fact they are both high in tannins, which according to the scientists are blended alloys of phenolic flavors. Evidently, I have a taste for the tang of tannins. You may read about the reason I have for giving up treats and tipples for Lent.  

Not that a cup of tea can distract me from fluffing up my hair...