Driven To Drink

Damien Rice is an exceptional singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Ireland.  His studio albums are wonderful, and his live performances are powerful exhibits of the human condition translated through music. Rice's compositions, arrangements, and lyrics align exceptionally well with my current existential paradigm.  I am traveling through a chapter in this thing we call life that is illuminating my strength, courage, and a path forward that is more honest, humane, emotionally regulated, and interconnected and interdependent than I've ever been. On November 24th, 2020, my friend and a true beacon of healing, Lenée, drew The Tower as my present card during a tarot reading.  That was also the last day I ever saw my Mom alive.  She lived another 3 weeks, if living is what you want to call it.  On December 14th, at 6:36 p.m., Josie Ferguson drew her final breath with me nearby...about 10 feet with a sealed door between us.  Covid took her.  And that?  Was the moment that to