Unlit on the 4th of July

For some reason early this morning I threw my sparklers in the trash. Unlit. It didn't feel right -- yesterday's combination of church and fireworks was abrasive.

Then I heard about the stupidity of lighting fireworks -- legal or not -- in our dry, fire-prone state. And then I read Monday's Sacramento Bee editorial saying the same thing.

Count me anti-fireworks from now on.

(Zing! has tried to tell me this for years.)