food, fun and leftover fireworks

Last night, SK and I went to a BBQ up in the west hills at the home of one of SK's Process Work friends. Attended entirely, in fact, by SK's Process Work friends. It was our second BBQ of the weekend and it was very peaceful and pleasant and the food was great. At the end of it all, we lit these crazy little fireworks that were leftover from the fourth. I've never been among the firework-lighters, so these were completely new to me. Little cylindrical cannisters that you sit on the ground (preferably pavement) and light (a tiny wick sticks out of the top) -- then you run the other way and hope for the best. We had three of them and each one behaved a little differently (shooting sparks, fireballs, shrieking, spewing, etc) and we were all disproportionately thrilled by the experience. We laughed and laughed and it was really sweet. It's the simple things -- like fire and explosions -- that can be so entertaining.