Early '14 Volcano Stories

2013 wound down with the formation of a new island southeast of Japan (it has now issued enough new Earth to have joined into one with its neighboring island) and mostly the usual Ring of Fire suspects on the list. The new year brings no real surprises to the list; perhaps only 3 on the active list on the Kamchatka peninsula is a bit of a surprise. 3 in Indonesia's no real surprise although the newly stirring mountains have been off the list for some time.
Japan, the US and Central America all have two on the list, with PNG and South America also noted. Etna  and Kilauea remain the non-Ring exceptions but hardly surprising, both keep their  neighborhoods on alert/notice on an almost daily basis.
For those of us in non-explosive zones the days pass with little thought of mountains spewing ash and gas and molten rock. I, myself, like it that way although seeing one of those active spots on Earth remains on my "to do" list.
If you are in a position to check one out, go for it...but, be careful out there, today on Earth.