Hallo Nancy!

 NB> That could be a bummer... but not that out of reason to do

That is the word thus far.  So far the border is still closed and given that
the numbers are getting worse on that side of the fence it surprises nobody on
this side of the fence.

 NB> there were a lot of fireworks (legal, semi-legal and illegal)
 NB> going off in our neighborhood all day and into the night of the
 NB> 4th... noisy, and some rather pretty....

Very quiet here on both the 1st and 4th as far as fireworks and/or fireworks
were concerned.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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