Volcano

About thirty years ago Mt. St. Helens blew her top twice in as many weeks, and the resulting ash clouds wreaked havoc on the neighboring areas. Still, after removing the fine layer of ash from our Chehalis house (I still have a baby food jar filled with it), life pretty well went back to normal for us. We were living in Seattle by then, and I really don't recall too many disruptions to our lives or to the world. I do remember much was written about the cloud basically making its way around the world, but I don't remember the kind of air traffic nightmares that this Icelandic volcano has caused!

Personally we know several people trapped wither in the States or in Europe, wishing to be on the other's end. About thirty singers from Rochester England were supposed to fly back home on Thursday, and they are still holed up in the Seattle area, happy for the kindness of new-found friends but anxious to return home. My cousin's son-in-law, my choir director, and several other business travelers are all languishing in foreign ports with no real idea when they'll be able to return to the States. It is truly a mess.

I'm somewhat surprised the religious ultra-fundamentalists haven't decreed this the wrath of God and somehow blamed it all on Obama or at least on all of us LIBERALS! After all, they've already blamed some pretty incredible stuff on our president and on those of us with a functioning brain, so why not a spewing volcano disrupting world travel?

I am grateful that none of my immediate family is caught up in this mess, nor are any of us (to my knowledge) planning any overseas travel, so I can relax and leave the hyperventilating to others. I'll take my chances with more big road trips and leave the flying to more adventurous souls.

Lazy Way Out

I have definitely taken the lazy way out as far as communicating these days. Facebook has become my main tool for keeping in contact with friends and acquaintances.This requires little thought or effort and reaches a larger audience than my blog (which appears to have an audience of zero, so that's not much of an accomplishment). Plus, Facebook has the added advantage of hosting simple-minded addictive games to waste my time while I peruse the pithy, meaningless posts of people far and wide. Clever, eh?

In case anyone out there actually reads this message, take heart. At least I went beyond 420 characters!