Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my friends and lovers!  How are you?  It’s so nice to see you again.  I don’t know where the Sheriff got that gibberish about the Caribbean and a cabin boy.  Is that “creative” reporting?  I was sick as a dog.  The closest I came to the Caribbean was to puke in that direction.  My “cabin boy” was Junior fetching my meds and bringing me food and drink.  Oh my.

The spring plant growth this year is particularly lush because of the rain.  The soil can be too wet to work with.  If we can maintain this kind of moisture, we might have a bumper crop of everything.  More likely, though, is that we’ll have an “average” year.  Just ask a farmer.

The moisture has been accompanied by cool temperatures.  Some of Racine’s premier outdoor party events have been hampered by the chill.  I was talking to a friend and she said that she remembers a 4th of July where everyone wore jackets to the parade.  That kind of cold can stunt plant growth.  We don’t have to worry about that, yet.

Ms. Mary, and everyone else in Oklahoma, you have my condolences and sympathy.  I’ve often heard of your “tornado alley,” but the recent storms were the first I’ve seen of such intensity.  Oh my, oh my.

I’m so looking forward to the JTI party at Beejay’s house.  I will appear this time.  Really.  I mean it.  No, really.

From the videos out there on the net, it looks like Racine’s Common Council is more or less at war with itself.  It’s nasty to cut off someone’s microphone as they speak at a council meeting.  It takes quite a degree of chutzpa to ignore the rules and push through a personal agenda.  No one trusts anyone else and the electorate is left holding the bag.  If we’re going to worry about how Racine appears to the rest of the world, clean up local government first.  No one is going to believe PR about Racine when they can visit YouTube and watch our “representatives” in action.  Oh my, oh my, oh my.

Finally, I want to say Happy Birthday to the JT Irregulars.  I started channeling Mr. OrbsCorbs unintentionally.  He had been banned from the Journal Times site once again. I was the only way he could get through.  I’m glad now with the way things turned out. 
 

I’m also glad that you stopped by my blog today.  I especially missed you after a two week absence.  It’s great to see old, and new, friends.

What really happened in the “Caribbean?" madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com 

The forecast calls for more cool and more rain.  Remember hot and dry?  Be careful what you pray for.  Have a wonderful week.  It might not be perfect outside, but at least it isn’t below zero.  Laconicum!