I admit I am one to duck out of attending the fireworks.  I know I'm not alone.  There is a group of us whose Fourth is happily complete without firecrackers. We are the ones who go to bed early or who don't like mosquitos. My husband would have suggested we were also the ones who didn't have a life.  

He may have had a point.  

Even when people are on vacation, the Fourth still stands out as the holiday in the holiday.  My friends have been sending me pictures of water-lakes, beaches, rivers-and happy family members.  Of course the types of events celebrating the Fourth th are evolving. Salsa festivals appear around the picnics and now sausages of every nationality are being thrown on the grill to roast beside the hot dogs.

There will be one constant-we will have politics on our minds and will engage in, hopefully, civil discourse. We certainly won't hold back. We've just had a major Supreme Court decision.  We are months away from a presidential election.  These are opinionable events!