I'm sharing with the Slice of Life Community today.
For many teachers and students, even here in the Northeast, school has already begun; yet, some families near me were clearly celebrating the beginning of this new school year with an impressive array of fireworks as the sun set, much too early, on Labor Day.
I wonder why they did not go "down the shore" to celebrate the long weekend?
I wonder if they are celebrating kids who are busy/working/learning all day?
I wonder if they are just excited about the shorter days and cooer weather?
I wonder if others are optimistic about the fresh start of a school year?
I wonder if they are just looking ahead to curling up under a blanket with a good book?
I wonder if they were just letting off steam from built up frustration with inflation, wars, and politics?
I wonder about all the money they blew letting off steam!
9 comments:
Your post had me wondering as well since we heard fireworks going off last night and couldn't imagine why.
I wonder if they are labor organizers celebrating Labor Day!
It is good to wonder, your list shows us so many possible interpretations of a single event. I think this is a good mental (and writing) exercise.
Fireworks have lost their luster for me. I just see the smoky results and rue the sound that rips sweet night silence. (Boy, I am getting old!) I wonder what all the commotion is about, too, but maybe I should just be glad that some people feel like celebrating! (If it is for Labor Day as the others have noted, I must've missed the memo.)
These fireworks-inspired wonderings have me wondering as well. I'll never forget a fireworks show I attended years ago: a toddler was sitting on her father's shoulders, and every time a firework burst in the sky, she patted his head and said, "Thank you, Daddy!" I wonder if she ever realized he was not responsible for the fireworks. I hope she never figured that out!
I really do not get the Labor Day connection at all!!!
I have no idea why so many fireworks this year!
It was a real slice of my life!
I suspect it was back yard parties, but I did not go check it out!
I’m a Midwesterner and have never seen fireworks around Labor Day. I wonder if someone got a good post-Independence Day discount and just needed an occasion to celebrate?
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