-Jan 13th. Yesterday afternoon it snowed off and on right through the night and continues now. As with all Icelandic weather regardless of severity, it comes in spurts, even in a given storm. It might be due to our being in the mid Atlantic, just a guess. Later on it`ll be interesting to see if I can get out to the main street, close by, because my car is small. Then there is always the bus. I`m just 4 kilometers away, never took the bus to date, so this might be the first time. Usually winter sets in about now; may end up with more snow than usual, the last few years having been on the light side. As for kids going to school, the weather rarely if ever prevents them from attending. A storm as the one in progress would be making headlines in the US!

-There`s talk about the national elections in May, more specifically, that if a given party takes office, income on stocks will be taxed. However, that won`t affect stocks purchased prior to the election. Supposedly some of these Icelandic stocks are doing extremely well, especially the banks.

-The car lock de-icer works out just fine. At first it didn`t take, possibly because it had to penetrate and sit for a while. Just by looking at my car at various times the direction of a given storm is easily determined: one side perfectly clear and the other, blanketed with snow and ice.