Hostages

The other undercurrent to the weekend was the homecoming of James Loney. This whole arc had a two-degrees-removed tie for me, because Beth is a friend of James and his partner Dan. She called me on -- Friday? -- to tell me that Dan had called her at 6:00 a.m. to tell her James was free. Apparently Dan found out because James called him and said "it's James." That would be a pretty stunning experience.

Was very glad to see that James came out immediately on landing and acknowledged Dan as his partner; Dan has been completely absent from the media coverage all along (for various reasons, some to do with James' safety and some to do with parents and others not fully accepting his role). I'm glad for them, and for Beth, who was very anxious.