Fire

Two horrible fires within the past two weeks.

First, the Al-Baqi Islamic Center in Springfield, MA was set on fire. Last year I participated in a Day of Service through work and spent the day working in the center in Springfield. We winterized windows, scraped and painted walls, and some folks put up a new ceiling in the basement. Last week some young folks broke in to steal candy and money and set the place on fire. It was a complete loss.

Second, I had my last drawing class on Tuesday. The next night I heard my professor's voice coming from the nightly news: her house had burned down. Unbelievable. Another complete loss. I'll have to call the school and see if they're doing anything to help--I hope the other folks in my class will be doing the same. So glad to read that her dog is okay, but so sad that all of her artwork is lost.