Double down on democracy, speak your mind, and honestly. Support a free press, and denounce those who’d silence
The Fourth Estate. A patriot is neither left nor right, but one who upholds the Constitution. Refuse to succumb
To the treachery of bluster and lies. We know better! Some have had their eyes clouded, others feel dismay,
Yet we are Americans. We believe in liberty, in justice, for ALL, and we will not be led astray by this sham of a leader.
Not yet five o’clock on a holiday afternoon, but who’s counting?
Open a bottle of rich red wine, and let it breathe, as I breathe.
Deep, slow exhalations, anticipations, celebrations.
Firecrackers crackle across the lake, driving the cats under the bed.
Pour a deep glass, notes of lavender and wood smoke grace the tongue.
Lazy limbs, liquid limbed, one sip leads to a second, then third.
The sound of our beating hearts superimposed over the pop! pop! pop!
Independence day? Interdependence day.
Hold me until the sounds cease.
We used to wait for full darkness to light our sparklers, better, daddy said, to see them
Sizzle against the velvety night sky. Little hands clutched fiery sticks, frantically spouting
Brilliant illuminations of red, white, and blue in a dangerously fun display of patriotic
Zeal. The big fireworks followed: bottle rockets, Roman candles, fountains and snakes.
Daddy always lit the firecrackers. Bundled black cats rat-a-tat-tatting like Al Capone’s
Mob kicked off the show. Momma clutched me close, but she didn’t have to fret. My natural
Self-preservation instincts won the night. I was happy to watch the show within her grasp.
Praying for Eyebrowz 