Please join me in welcoming Tad Richards as a new Contributing Editor. Tad has been providing the "Informal" column for the journal since 2019. As editor, I am pleased to recognize his diligence and the insights he consisently shares. As a Contributing Editor, his name now appears on our Masthead, with a link to his website where you can learn more about his interests and background. On a different note, August isn't my favorite month. Usually too hot, vacation spots are overrun with tourists just like me, trying to get away from whatever is at home/work. It's enough to leave a person in a daze, which prompted our optional theme for the month: "Summer Daze." Whatever you are doing to keep cool and keep your cool, be safe, do things you enjoy, and embrace the good things in your life. Oh, and poetry. Do lots of poetry, both reading and writing, then send your really good poems to us here at Verse-Virtual. Submissions for September open on August 1 and close on August 10, or when we have received 40 submissions. Jim Lewis, Editor