Yesterday's New York Times had the most amazing photo of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano on the front page-- it makes the thing almost look alive (and especially malevolent);
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/photographing-icelands-fiery-volcano/
An astonishing shot. I'm not sure what sorts of prizes there are for photography, but whatever they are, this guy should be awarded all of them.
The kids and I cut it out and put it on the fridge (whereupon Lydia applied a post-it note saying "Public Enemy Number 1", or something to this effect). Still not sure when Amy is going to be returning, although the news coverage is maybe a teeny bit more encouraging; some of the airlines are starting to schedule transatlantic flights again (there is a Virgin Atlantic flight to Newark from London that is supposed to go today, and KLM has done a couple of flights from Schiphol to New York as I understand it).
Update (Apr 23): Amy is finally back-- exactly a week late. Big sighs of relief all around in our household...
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