I wouldn’t be so proud if I were us.
BLOCKED, by B.E. Nugent.
“I’ve got to unblock it . . . .I’ve got to give this meaning”. . .
PICK YOURSELF UP, by Tamra Lucid.
That’s one way . . .
SHADOW (from “My Life with Dogs”), by Tod Davies.
Then there are the animals we love. . .
THE MAGICIAN & THE GOOSE GIRL, by Rose Jermusyk.
And the strange loves . . .
A FEW VIGNETTES FROM THE TACONITE SHORES, by Chris Farago.
Synchronicity, and another goose appears . . .
THE ONCE AND FUTURE CONUNDRUM, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
Not to mention the strange meanings of philosophy (phew!) . . .
WHAT A NEW REFRIGERATOR ONCE MEANT, by Lana Hechtman Ayers.
Or love of objects . . .
FEMALE ICONS OF MEDIEVAL PERSIA, by Brian Griffith and Zhinia Noorian.
And then there’s meaning in history to love . . .
A LETTER TO HUMANITY, by David Bolton.
“The world is not as you see it” . . .
LAST WORDS OF A DETERIORATING PLANET, by Jim Meirose.
Or as you hear it . . .
SHRINK, A.D. 2075, by Tom Ball.
“Many madmen pass as normal” . . .
BURNING DOWN THE SERVER (from “Pharoni”), by Colin Dodds.
Until the normal are completely mad . . .
WE STILL HAVE ONCE, by Barry Vitcov.
Before that we have memories to cling onto . . .
KINTSUGI, by Ed Ahern.
And craft skills to hone . . .
once, by Brendan McBreen.
Lest we lose what we had . . .
NOTHINGNESS, by John Tustin.
Lest we lose what we have . . .
SEA, by Jeff Howard.
What we had and have is set in beautiful stone . . .
CONFESSIONS, by Yahia Lababidi.
And “a long night of wild terror precedes safety” . . .
TEACHING’S TIGHTROPE, by David D. Horowitz.
Despair and Hope are a dance . . .
TWO BY TWO ON THE TRAIL, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
Or a walk in the mountains, together . . .
The TODBLOG welcomes newcomers and gees us all up . . . JAM TODAY mutters evilly about the kind of revenge that provides meals wonderfully chill . . .
This issue’s picture is, once again, by EAP house photographer R.C. Irwin . . .
The next issue is 1 January, and it’s the WINTER 2023: ALL OUT TO SEA issue…contributions by 1 December, please…
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