MANZANITA (from “My Life with Dogs”), by Tod Davies.
What you remember you forgot might shed the most light . . .
ONE-EYED PEKE, by Tori Ritchie.
As do the truthful memories of childhood . . .
SAVING PARADISE, by Brian Griffith.
Or the imaginations through history of heaven . . .
THE LIGHT, by Tom Ball.
And the workings of the mind in science fiction. . .
THE IMPRESSIONIST PERIOD AND BEYOND, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
The bringing up of the meaning of certain histories into daylight. . .
THE GREAT TRIBULATION, by Matias Travieso-Diaz.
Or the warnings of what could become history . . .
A LETTER TO HUMANITY, by David Bolton.
Can’t have too many warnings to look reality in the eye . . .
THOUGHTS AND SCALES, by Galen T. Pickett.
Wisdom needs light . . .
MILK: AN UDDERLY LEGENDAIRY FLUID, by Gabby Woehr.
It’s necessary to look at the facts in that light . . .
AN ACCOUNTANT’S ECSTATIC TRUTH, by Justin Wacker.
And then take appropriate action . . .
SMALL AND HOLLOW MEN: STORIES OF FAILED REDEMPTION, by Edward St. Boniface.
Lest we fail . . .
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, by Pete Garay.
Good reason not to fail . . .
FINDING MY WAY BACK, by Claudia Wysocky.
Walking on by your own light . . .
DEMONS IN THE INK, by K.R. Moore.
By the light of those who love you . . .
THE HANDS OF MY THREE GREAT AUNTS, by Gail White.
And by the light of those who’ve gone before . . .
SAVED ENOUGH, by Diana Morley.
Saving enough light is key . . .
SAVING DAYLIGHT, by Benjamin White.
Save it against the darkness . . .
ON THE BENCH BY THE RIVER, by Lana Hechtman Ayers.
There’s never darkness where there’s love . . .
A ROOM IN AND AWAY, by Matthew Harrison.
Although darkness is the heritage of humans, too . . .
THE GONE YEARS, by Richard LeDuc.
As is our failure of memory . . .
A NOTE TO FUTURE OVIDS, by Charles S. Kraszewski.
But there’s always a daylight wistfulness in poets . . .
PULL BACK THE CURTAINS AND OPEN THE DOOR, by Cliff Beck.
As well as an exuberant demand to live life in daylight . . .
CORSO UMBERTO, by Charles S. Kraszewski.
Acknowledging sadness as well . . .
IT WAS SIMPLER THEN, by Rosalie Hendon.
Like this . . .
FOOLING DAYS, by Barry Vitcov.
Saving time . . .
LIGHT BEYOND THE LONELINESS, by David D. Horowitz.
And then to hope once more . . .
THE LONGEST DAY, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
If only that day could last forever . . .
The TODBLOG welcomes newcomers, those finding their feet and those already flying . . . JAM TODAY loves the weird and the delicious . . .
This issue’s photo is by EAP’s own R.C. Irwin . . .
Next issue is 1 OCTOBER, the FALL 2025: TIME ON OUR SIDE issue (and we certainly hope it is) … contributions by 1 September, please…
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