Bombs Bursting in Air

Independence Day 2025 is done and over with, and I am pretty much done and over with Fourth of July Celebrations.

Now, I am not a fuddy duddy. Or a stick in the mud. Or a naysayer. No bah humbug in me. Not really. I am just not that interested in fireworks anymore. Which is odd in and of itself.

When I was younger, I would love to shoot off firecrackers. We would throw them high in the air or as far as we could to see if they would explode in the air. Or we would hold those explosive cy...