Leavin’ On a Jet Plane. Maybe.

Let me see… it’s Tuesday, so I should be in London today, having lunch with my agent, Bruce.  Except that I’m still here in Missouri, reading weather reports about unprecedented levels of snowfall that has put England into chaos.  Flights have been grounded across Europe, roads have been blocked, trains halted.  It’s all a terrible mess.  Our flight has been …

Cold.

Temperatures in mid-Missouri over the past few days have been low.  When you take the wind-chill into account, we’re talking 20 degrees below – and I’m talking Fahrenheit.  Nippy.  There’s lots of lovely snow on the ground and the children spend lots of time looking mournfully out of the window and wondering when they’ll be allowed out to play in …