Jennifer Brookes: I moved into my new apartment at the beginning of the month, afraid that I wouldn’t have the same glorious roof access as my previous apartment. After some searching I found a way to access the roof, and was lucky enough to celebrate my first 4th of July in Seattle on top of it. These are the fireworks that explode in the sky over Lake Union every year.

Eric Peterson: The power went out as I was getting ready to record this week’s piece. They’re not very common, but when they do occur, they’re either momentary, or last several hours. This one was of the latter assortment. Rather than putting off the recording until the power came back on, I attempted to record this week’s piece using the microphone on my laptop before the battery on my laptop died.