I Thought I Bought a Ticket to Iceland

But it may be a front-row seat to the end of the world.

Photo by Mahkeo on Unsplash

Last year, my oldest son, who is both single and an airline pilot and therefore can take spur-of-the-moment trips to points all over the globe, messaged me. Guess where I am, read the text beneath a photo in which he stood, hair wind-tossed, against a landscape so starkly beautiful it looked otherworldly.