Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my blooming buds and buddies!  How are you?  The extravaganza known as spring keeps putting on a show.  I had occasion to be west of the interstate a couple of times in the past week, and everything is blooming a month ahead of schedule there.  Lilacs were my dear mother’s favorite flowers.  They always bloom around the time of her birthday in late May.  A little west of here, the lilac flowers are already out in full regalia.  Oh my, indeed.  I’d ask Mother Nature what’s going on, but our feud is still in force, and she never gives me a straight answer, anyway. 

Tomorrow, Thursday, is National Day of Prayer.  Racine will observe it with ceremonies at City Hall, starting at 11:45 AM.  Read more about it here:  http://www.journaltimes.com/calendar/community/national-day-of-prayer-events/event_b2e0e926-93bd-11e1-a932-0019bb2963f4.html

Friday, of course, is a Downtown Racine First Friday, with all sorts of merriment downtown.  You can read more here:  http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/leisure/first-fridays-returns-may-with-expanded-hours/article_280dba52-9301-11e1-bd80-001a4bcf887a.html

Also, don’t forget that Friday is Positively Racine Day:  http://www.jtirregulars.com/2012/04/help-positively-racine-day-on-friday.html  You can get a wristband and/or sign a pledge to speak positively of Racine.

“RACINE — The newly revamped Dr. Laurel Salton Clark Memorial Fountain will open for the summer season on Friday:” I love the fountain.  Read more: http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/splash-fountain-back-in-operation-on-friday/article_bd58df04-937b-11e1-82c5-0019bb2963f4.html

If that isn’t enough: “RACINE — A Racine native who wrote the novel named Amazon’s best book of 2011 will read excerpts from it and talk about the writing process in a free event at the Golden Rondelle Theater on Friday.” Read more: http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/racine-native-at-golden-rondelle-friday-to-discuss-the-art/article_8eb43ebe-92f9-11e1-915a-001a4bcf887a.html

I’m sure there is much more going on this weekend in Racine and surrounding areas.  As the spring warms, more and more activities come to life.  There are more and more people out and about.  Motorists, beware the joggers and bicyclists out there.  Some of those on the bicycles follow no rules of the road.  Sometimes, I just stop and let them pass me by, especially if it is a horde of youngsters.  Be wary behind the wheel.

So many activities that I can’t keep up.  And this is just the beginning of the fun.  Soon we’ll have the professional bicyclists and triathletes in town.  If 2012 is the apocalypse (I know it isn’t), then let’s have a blowout season. 

Thank you so much for stopping by to read my blog.  I appreciate each and every pair of eyes that scan my words.  I can feel the love.  It almost tickles.  You make my day when you read my blog.  Thank you, again

Answers to questions you haven’t even thought of: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.

Have a beautiful week, my dears.  The long range weather forecast doesn’t look too good, with lots of rain and cloudy days.  Pshaw, as if they know what they are doing.  Enjoy life, avoid strife.  Diallelus!