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Should Have Had One Of Those 'I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up' Things
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She was an author, teacher, publisher, and artist, well-known over the years in Santa Fe. But things went bad for her, and the result was that she died alone, her body found mummified after laying dead for several months or even a year or more. Her door was unlocked, but nobody came by, nobody noticed, and nobody, apparently, cared, not until her sister and brother-in-law got concerned, came to visit, and found her. How bad had her life gone? She would sleep in her car and wash up in the library bathroom; she stopped paying her utility bills, so there was no gas or electricity; she ate at soup kitchens and her home was being foreclosed upon. In 2004, she was speaking to conferences; in 2005, she began to lose it. There are pictures of her apartment; she was sort of a hoarder, and mice were all over her condo. What has to snap to make someone go from an educated, respected member of the community to that? (Santa Fe New Mexican)
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