links for 2010-04-20

Neat. [via @leebryant]

"Even as some grounded planes began returning to the skies yesterday, stranded travelers were piling into buses, trains, and high-priced taxis in a frantic scramble to accomplish an increasingly tricky mission to escape from Europe."

Glad to not have been stuck anywhere. But wishing I was able to enjoy the plane-free skies and possibly amazing sunsets.

So cool. But remind me why people live there?

"Daniel Oyier has been eating only once a day since a volcano more than 5,000 miles away caused him to be laid off from his $4-a-day job packing red roses and white lilies for export to Paris and Amsterdam."

One big village all dependent on each other, innit?

"Their frequent long separations must have been torture for them, but the letters such distance occasioned are a treasure to read. The Adams marriage was strong, surprisingly equal, at times combative, nearly always tender. We should all be so lucky."