I had this friend, a woman, about 10 or 12 years ago. she was quite a bit older than me, about 30 years. She was in her 70's when I knew her, very active and also drinking daily. She would call me late at night crying about the things her mother did to her when she was little. She just couldn't forget either. She was chained to either a radiator or one of those heavy old table model sewing machines for days at a time.

Last I heard, she has passed away. But not before she burned her house down while drunk. This wasn't the first time either. She often talked to me about offing herself so I have my suspicions this may have been a suicide.

3 of my old friends have died in the past year. I am feeling it today for some reason.

This friend I just talked about was a writer and poet. She had a real gift and has been published. She lost much of her work in the first fire. I guess that might have really affected her. RIP my friend.