VITA (from “My Life with Dogs”), by Tod Davies.
Nothing like the memories of hippiedom past . . .
GEN X EXEGISIS, by Sean Murphy.
Unless it’s of Gen X . . .
BOTTOM OF THE HEAP, by David Griffith.
Or of life underground . . .
MEMORY OF A HERO, by Tom Ball.
Or of the future . . .
MEMORIES OF ATLANTIS, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
Or of the mythical past. . .
PROFILE, by Joel Glover.
Or of a fictional present . . .
THE FEMALE TOUCH IN IRANIAN FILMMAKING, by Zhinia Noorian and Brian Griffith.
Or of a past and present some people want to deny . . .
FOR AN ACQUAINTANCE AND HIS WIFE WITH ALZHEIMER’S, by Barry Vitcov.
Then there’s the present and past that can’t be denied . . .
GRANDFATHERED IN, by Katherine Olsen.
The past that can be denied . . .
POP SONG, by Virginia Bell.
The reality of memory . . .
STRAIGHT, by Holly Day.
Following someone else’s memory is not the straight way between points . . .
IMPRINTS, by Diana Morley.
Memory traces creating the present . . .
WE CAN’T USE YOU, by Diana Morley.
Because the past is never gone . . .
SO WHAT IF THERE IS AN OCCASIONAL ACCIDENT, by John Grey.
So really always best to forgive the past and the present . . .
GRANDEVAL, by Cliff Beck.
But never forgetting, for the past is the history of the present . . .
SMALL GAME, by Robert Estes.
Even when, especially when, the memory is a painful one . . .
THE SOOKIES, by DS Maolalai.
Or when the memory is of nurture. . .
MOTHER MAY I, by John Van Pelt.
Or disruptive, claiming attention . . .
I WASN’T MATURE AT THEIR AGE EITHER, by David D. Horowitz.
Or always, always, claiming understanding and compassion . . .
ASIDE, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
And time alone just to be . . .
The TODBLOG has a whole batch of amazing congratulations to hand out, as well as a rueful apology for not reading a new piece this issue closely enough . . . JAM TODAY triumphs over a slim piece of beef . . .
This issue’s picture is by EAP’s own photography editor, R.C. Irwin.
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