Fireworks Stand

Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 28 December 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture.

New Year's is approaching and the fireworks stands are open for business. I passed some places outside of Austin where there were three or four large fireworks stands all bunched together. Maybe it's just my age but I just don't find fireworks --even the large professional displays-- all that interesting. I do find the nature of this episodic business interesting. For instance, who comes to town twice a year to sell fireworks, living in a trailer right next to their stand (which is there all year round but empty and closed), as these people in the photo do? Do they make a living doing this or are they school teachers making extra money during winter and summer vacations? What this stand represents to me is a whole world of people who don't put in a 40 hour work week or punch a clock --a world that I dream about and long for, but am unwilling to trade the security of my current world to obtain.

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