Dream a little dream, or maybe a big one
THE FALL ISSUE OF EAP: THE MAGAZINE IS UNAVOIDABLY DELAYED. It will now appear on NOVEMBER 1. Thanks for your understanding.
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.
THE FALL ISSUE OF EAP: THE MAGAZINE IS UNAVOIDABLY DELAYED. It will now appear on NOVEMBER 1. Thanks for your understanding.
Next issue is 1 October, the FALL 2024: ADVICE FOR THE DISTRESSED issue…contributions by 1 September, please…
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