Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my zestful zinnias! How are you? Did you have a delightful Fourth Fest weekend? Junior and I eventually made it to Mr. OrbsCorbs’ abode for the parade. He seemed less than pleased to see us. Oh dear. I hope we weren’t imposing, Mr. Corbs. You did invite us. Anyway, Junior had a great time and so did I. The marching bands were glorious. The floats were fabulous. The politicians were, um, there. And the flyby by those two jets before the parade was fantastic! Did you see or hear those? We were in traffic and heard them, but didn’t get a glimpse. They sounded awesome. (The Racine Post has wonderful pictures here: http://news.racinepost.com/2010/07/10-fighter-jets-spending-night-here.html) Racine does know how to throw a party. For a good time, call Racine. Tee-hee.

The smoking ban has gone into effect in Wisconsin and some people are fuming. To be honest, I think that both sides have good arguments. Like many others, I am a former smoker. I picked up the habit as an adolescent. Smokers had been around me since birth. Although my parents disapproved of my smoking, they both smoked. Once the habit was firmly entrenched in me and I approached legal age, they more or less accepted it. I smoked for decades after that. And even I, Madame Zoltar, had great difficulty quitting. But things are different for some people today. They grew up without smoke in their homes. They consider secondhand smoke a danger to them and others. They demanded, and eventually got, a law prohibiting smoking in most public places. Some people are celebrating that, some are cursing, and others just light up another one. Oh my.

This weekend, the Great Midwest Dragon Boat Festival takes place at Samuel Myers Park (11th St. and Pershing Blvd.) in Racine. (http://www.midwestdragonboatfestival.com/) There is a parade of teams on Pershing Blvd. Friday, at 6:30 PM. Then (from the site), “Dragon boat races begin at 8:30 AM on Saturday, July 10 and continue until 5:00 PM. The best viewing is from Simonsen Park, along the hill at Main between Sixteenth and Fourteenth Streets. Food vendors will be at both Simonsen Park and Samuel Myers Park.” This is a great event. It’s free and I believe that you can smoke, although I’m sure that any participants who do will wish they hadn’t.

Well that’s my blog for this week, my dears, short but sweet, like me. Ha-ha. No, short, like this work week. Oh my, I’m full of them. Wednesday already? The firecrackers are still ringing in my ears.

For the keys to your future, or penetrating oil to loosen up the locks on your past, contact me: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.

Thank you one and all for reading my blog today. I appreciate the time and effort you put into deciphering my thoughts and words. It is a pleasure and an honor to be associated with such an illustrious and irregular group. I love you. Epiplexis!