One friend is in the hospital. I don’t want to say much about it because her situation is ongoing and I don’t want to throw her business too far into the internet. And really, there’s a lot I don’t know about her situation anyway. We message each other almost every single day, and something was clearly wrong when she didn’t respond to my messages. She always responds. ALWAYS. So, suffice it say, I am worried.

Another friend, more distant, died yesterday. We went to college together way back in those late 80s. I was also friends with the girl who would become his girlfriend and then wife. I went to their wedding and had a wonderful time. We aren’t close friends, to be clear. We have stayed in touch via social media and I have followed his writing career. For you fantasy fans (of the sword and sorcery variety), check out his books. The characters are well done and the stories are fun. I’m sorry for his loss. Cancer, as they say, sucks.

And also this week, David Lynch exited the world. Over on Patreon, I’m going to write a longer piece about my feelings for this weird and affable man, but I’m sad about his passing.

“I believe life is a continuum, and that no one really dies, they just drop their physical body and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad but it’s not devastating if you think like that. Otherwise I don’t see how anybody could ever, once they see someone die, that they’d just disappear forever and that’s what we’re all bound to do. I’m sorry but it just doesn’t make any sense, it’s a continuum, and we’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.” ~ David Lynch