Last night I saw quite a few decently sized fireworks all around our neighborhood. I was quite impressed with the quality, those big ones weren't available when we were kids and we had much more lax rules back then. We're surrounded by mountains and the big booms would echo for a long time.  Here in our state they reinstated the mask requirement and now threaten us with a misdemeanor and up to $1k fine. I went to a grocery store yesterday and was surprised to still see people without masks on. I asked an employee what they were doing about the new rules and if they would throw people out for not wearing masks. She assured me they "absolutely would not" because people have legitimate reasons not to wear masks and they had no right to confront people or to enforce such rules. I was impressed that this little corner of the world is still being rebellious :)