New Years in Texas

The past week, Jessica and I went to Texas, around Houston and Waco, to visit some of my family. It was fun. We got to see the new house of my sister and her husband. The big fun was having an illicit bonfire, around which at least two dozen persons hovered.

Fun was had as dangerous firecrackers went off and the bonfires flames soared upward. My mom even twirled a sparkler. It was a Yuletide moment.

But the fun was cut short by the authorities, represented by the Volunteer Fire Department from the city of Cut-N-Shoot. Could there be a more Texas sounding town name? Nobody got arrested or cited. I guess there was a fire ban in effect. In any case, the embers were still smoking in the morning, when the sun, thank goodness, returned.