I don't mind working holidays. When you take a job in broadcasting, you know it comes along with the territory.
On the other hand, holidays can be tough because there are a lot of clichés and traditions-- the things that happen year after year. There really is nothing new and you've run out of things to say.
There was a little breath of fresh air for me Monday morning. My task was to show how people spend Independence Day morning-- before the barbecues, before the fireworks. We started at Lackawanna State Park. It was then off to a kids' basketball camp at Summit University, now Clarks Summit University.
Above is how my morning ended, a yoga class on top of an Adams Avenue, Scranton parking garage. Money raised went to the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. I didn't participate, but it looked like a lot of fun, and the weather was perfect.
It was the third year for Yoga on the Roof, but it was a new one for me, and it made for a really nice Independence Day morning.