THERE WAS A TIME, by Rue Matthiessen.
Where has she gone, my oldest friend. . .
MY MOTHER AND A CAT (from “My Life with Dogs”), by Tod Davies.
Letting old friend Trauma go . . .
THE SUIT OF BELLS, by Rose Jermusyk.
Be careful you know who your friends are . . .
PRAGMATISM AND PRAGMATICISM, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
Even if you’re philosophically given to arguing . . .
ON (RE-)READING ERIC AMBLER’S EPITAPH FOR A SPY, by Ron Singer.
Old friendship begins at home . . .
THE FEMALE TOUCH IN IRANIAN FILM MAKING, by Brian Griffith and Zhinia Noorian.
And in the cinema . . .
FILMS OF DROP AND DESCENT, by Gregg Williard.
Definitely in sharing a film with old friends long gone . . .
FIRST FRANKENSTEIN’S JUGGERNAUT, by Jim Meirose.
Or in remembering a frightened self long gone . . .
12,000 B.C.: THE WORLD’S FIRST CITY AND EMPIRE, by Tom Ball.
Or a frightening self long gone . . .
49, by Chris Farago.
Or the beauty of love growing old . . .
OLD FRIENDS, by Barry Vitcov.
Or how tough it is to grow old . . .
ART, by David Selzer.
Or how old friends become old enemies over time . . .
REALITY, by Brendan McBreen.
But the reality is old friends are everywhere. . .
BIG THOUGHTS, by Jeffrey Hantover.
And so is hilarity . . .
FORMAL ELEGANCE, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
Speaking of BIG THOUGHTS keeping company . . .
COMPANIONIZATION, by David D. Horowitz.
And then small thoughts are so often the best old friends . . .
NOT LEAST I KNOW, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
The best old friend is closest to home . . .
The TODBLOG looks for creative ways to deal with that old friend, authoritarianism. . . JAM TODAY loves tinned sardines, yes, seriously, you should too . . .
This issue’s picture is by EAP house photographer R.C. Irwin . . .
The next issue is 1 October, and it’s the FALL 2022: ONCE AND OTHER issue…contributions by 1 September, please…
Want to add something to the conversation? Get on the EAP mailing list? Email us…
got poems? email Marissa. got anything else? email Tod.