6/22/2023 0 Comments Chicken by Lisl WeilHere are a few children’s books with “noisy” titles: Heck, I’ve got BOOKS noisier than tonight’s festivities. I figured the sound of firecrackers would keep me awake and blogging half the night. Eliot, “This is the way the holiday ends. I’m starting to write this blog a little after midnight and only hear an occasional “boom” or “bang” from very far away. There were a few in the evening, but not nearly as much as the past. I didn’t hear the clatter of firecrackers at all during the day. I used to imagine that was what the Revolutionary War sounded like.īut this Independence Day felt different. Growing up, I remember standing outside after dark on July Fourth and being bombarded by noise - not just the tapdance of firecracker strings going off in the street, but also the spooky “whoosh” of bottle rocks shooting into the night sky, as well as distant muffled BOOMS from miles away. And the nights leading up to the Fourth get noisier and noisier until the big day arrives and you hear nothing but BANG! BANG! BOOM! from early morning till late at night. Starting in mid-June, early evenings are interrupted by the rat-tat-tat-tat-tat sound of firecrackers being set off by kids who just can’t wait until Independence Day. The Fourth of July is usually our noisiest holiday. Today’s Sunday Brunch contains more random observations and opinions on children’s books old and new.
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