All posts by Eric Robert Nolan

Eric Robert Nolan graduated from Mary Washington College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He spent several years a news reporter and editorial writer for the Culpeper Star Exponent in Culpeper, Virginia. His work has also appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers in Virginia, including The Free Lance – Star and The Daily Progress. Eric entered the field of philanthropy in 1996, as a grant writer for nonprofit healthcare organizations. Eric’s poetry has been featured by Dead Beats Literary Blog, Dagda Publishing, The International War Veterans’ Poetry Archive, and elsewhere. His poetry will also be published by Illumen Magazine in its Spring 2014 issue.

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“Rainbow,” Arkhip Kuindzhi, circa 1905

June 11, 2024 Eric Robert Nolan Leave a comment

Oil on canvas.

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My heart-healthy shopping list.

June 10, 2024 Eric Robert Nolan Leave a comment

(And hopefully low-sugar too? I honestly don’t know. My girlfriend told me that grapes and mangoes have a lot of sugar in them, and that seems cosmically unfair.)

Disclaimer — I am a neophyte when it comes to any kind of diet. I cannot replace your doctor, no matter how much the idea might appeal to you. But feel free to refer to this, if you can read my disordered, hyperactive chicken-scratch. (Under the “Yes” column, for example, it is supposed to be “B-E-A-N-S,” and not “bears.”)

My source here is primarily the Mayo Clinic. But I also had help from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and from my girlfriend, who is far smarter than me in all subjects, except possibly free-verse poetry and 1990’s-era comic book villains.