USA

I am a product of a Brooklyn boy and Quebec girl. But there is so much more than that. Swiss, German, English, Irish, French-Canadian.

For the past few years we’ve been literally at the heart of the biggest fireworks in the USA but when I went back to the lake and the local fire department displayed its best, one hundredth of what’s done here, that’s what tugs at my heart.

Yes, I’ll be doing dinner for guests before the annual mega-celebration but I’d really rather be back home with a local fire department where I have a cabin on a lake… we can all wish, right?

Everyone is talking today as if religion is their country. I live in the USA and am an American. If anyone around the world asked me my identity, I’m an American. I know everyone has been concentrated on the Second Amendment this past week regarding the right to bear arms, but I believe strongly in the First Amendment and the right to free expression.

I have the liberty not to have to tell others of my religion before my country. I am a United States citizen and that is that.

That settles it. I need to make dinner for ten on July 4th. It’s going to be a melting pot of cuisines because we’re Irish, German, Polish, Scot, Chinese, Jewish, Korean, Czech, Greek, Italian, French, and who knows what else.

Now I have to tweak the menu. Thanks for providing inspiration as we prepare for our nation’s birthday. A special thanks is due to Paula, the fireworks producer for her great work and remembering and petting Zoe every year.

Hope you enjoy seeing this at work… Dee