So Monday we said goodbye to Anne Marie, sadly taken from us and her loving family too quickly.

Sorry I wasn’t always there, Anne. I’ll see you on the other side.

Thanks to Nick and Teresa and Grace and all Anne’s family and friends. Bless you all.

The family set up a page with photos and to collect donations. Please have a look https://anne-mariedavies.muchloved.com/

I’ve written a few blog entries wrapped around this:

• Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2025 – Remembering Old Friends and Goodbye to Anne Marie Davies
• The Memory and Noise Tetrology
  • Two Sides of the Same Coin: Captain Beefheart’s “Apes Ma” and Radiohead’s “Fitter Happier”
  • The Veil, the Soul Mirror, and Reflective Chrome Ghosts: On Memory, Music, and the Ones We Carry Onwards
  • Do Not Go Quietly into That Dark Night: A Response to Two Sides of the Same Coin

And, of course, this one.

This week I celebrated the times I had with Anne and did the sort of crazy fun things we did back in 1987-1989. Good times.

A big reason to lean so heavily into my grief is because usually I’d do my best to run away from it, put as much distance between me and the pain of the loss as possible. But this has never worked out well for me, pushing it away like this has led to numerous spontaneous bouts of public crying and grief, and extended mourning. I’m trying my best to deal with this more firmly, and in the words of my friend “sit in my grief” until it is done with me.

Images are the order of services and related.