STRIDER, PART III (from “My Life with Dogs”), by Tod Davies.
No growth without pain . . .
WILDFLOWERS: THE WISDOM OF TOM PETTY, by Gregg Winkler.
In music as in nature . . .
HER NAME RHYMED WITH PAMELA, by Tamra Lucid.
Often the cruelty of the world is too much to bear, as here in Tamra’s last written piece. . .
THE LONDON MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
By refusing to ignore nature, we (and it) grow . . .
AS GOD GARGLES OCEANS, by Harvey Lillywhite.
Cruelty, suffering, kindness, joy, the world is so vast . . .
AUTOMATIC IMMORTALITY, by Brian Griffith.
Our stories inform us of our fear of the vastness, too . . .
ON(O) WRITING, by Jim Meirose.
And of our confusion . . .
A HOLE IN THE NIGHT, by Lana Hechtman Ayers.
The feral bouquet? Big surprise: it’s us . . .
THE ERRANT SEA HAWK, by Matias Travieso-Diaz.
Perhaps that’s why animal fables speak so loudly to us . . .
SOUTH LOUDON ST., LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, by Sean Murphy.
In the days of our feeling low . . .
NOT TO STYLE THE BOUQUETS, by Benjamin White.
Or when we turn away from sorrow . . .
SCOTS PINE AND SEA SPRAY, by Cliff Beck.
Into memory . . .
THE HAPPINESS MASTERPIECE, by Stephen Mead.
But take out the pain, what’s left? . . .
IS IT DIFFICULT?, by Pulkita Anand.
And there we are, with hope itself . . .
BEGIN AGAIN, by Diana Morley.
An eternal spiral in the universe . . .
A DANGEROUS SCENT, by Barry Vitcov.
Beginning and ending . . .
TENSION AND RELEASE, by David D. Horowitz.
The title says it all . . .
SUPERBLOOM, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
Then, at the end of one story . . .
The TODBLOG can hardly bear to read Tamra Lucid’s last piece of writing, so Tod is especially thankful for dogs, EAP, and poets . . . JAM TODAY features a lazy cook, so what could be more apropos than a series of sheet pan meals? . . .
This issue’s picture of a field of Darlingtonia is by EAP’s own fearless ALEX COX. Look for his new film, DEAD SOULS, now at film festivals but coming to a theater near you soon. . .
Next issue is 1 July, the SUMMER 2026: THE CLAMOR OF DREAMS issue … contributions by 1 June please…
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