Don’t worry, be happy.
what to do if you are in distress, by Chris Farago.
Couldn’t do better than taking this advice to heart . . .
COUNTERVAILING FORCES, by Sean Murphy.
Or, for that matter, this one . . .
HEISENBERG’S DATASETS, by Laura Carter.
Our battle cry: “Embrace the uncertainty”! . . .
LETTERS TO WILL, A.D. 2108, by Tom Ball.
Maybe start taking your own advice . . .
WHY EVERYONE HATES MORAL PHILOSOPHERS, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
Any answer is not going to be abstract, that’s for sure . . .
HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO THIS, by Jim Meirose.
A very good question, and a great place to start . . .
never mind they were wolves, by Chris Farago.
Take the poet’s view along on the ride . . .
ADVICE TO THE DISTRESSED, by Barry Vitcov.
Or even agree to disagree . . .
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU’RE PRETTY MUCH DEAD, by Gale Acuff.
Whatever you do, do it now . . .
WHAT I LEFT BEHIND, by Lana Hechtman Ayers.
Don’t worry about the past . . .
when the stars align chaos reigns, by JW James.
Because regret is inevitable . . .
HOW TO LOSE, by Joanie Terrizzi.
Good advice from the poet here, too . . .
WILDFIRE!, by Diana Morley.
Read this one to the end to get the full picture . . .
A FIELD TRIP TO THE DARK WOODS, by Nick Engelfried.
Something even the most well-meaning among us can’t see . . .
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND, by David Griffith.
For example . . .
A BLESSING OF TEARS, by D.A. Hosek.
What to do when there is no right answer? . . .
HOW “MOTHER PERSIA” GOT MADE, by Zhinia Noorian.
Maybe sit down and write a book . . .
STRANGERS IN STRANGE LANDS, by Cliff Beck.
It never hurts to get in there and do what you can . . .
BLESSINGS, by David Bolton.
Like getting back to basics (and weeding) . . .
THE NEW GARDEN, by Charles Holdefer.
Even, or maybe especially, if you’re Ivan the Terrible . . .
THE LAST NIGHT THERE, by Robert LeDuc.
Being sad is part of it, too . . .
THE AIRPLANE, by Virginia Bell.
Because the subtlety of being human makes judgment crude . . .
IS IT OKAY IF I’M ONLY HUMAN?, by David D. Horowitz.
As EAP’s favorite essayist is completely aware . . .
ADVICE, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
As EAP’s own poetry editor knows . . .
The TODBLOG apologizes for the delays of being human, and congratulates right and left . . . JAM TODAY asserts there is nothing like a baked apple for an autumn breakfast, and who is it to say that’s wrong? . . .
This issue’s picture is by EAP’s own ALEX COX, illustrating the doctrine of its subject, Ashland.news advice columnist ASK STRIDER . . .
Next issue is 1 January, the WINTER 2025: Too Much Forgetting issue…contributions by 1 December, please…
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