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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“Ophelia,” Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Heyser

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“A ‘critic’ is a man who creates nothing …”

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Source: The Heinlein Society on Facebook

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If you get a PayPal invoice that doesn’t seem right, then it probably isn’t.

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Have you gotten a PayPal invoiced e-mailed to you for a service (costing hundreds of dollars) that you don’t remember buying?  It’s a scam.

For some reason I’ve been repeatedly targeted by these fake invoices.  (Word must have gotten out about what a doofus I am.)

Read more here:

Don’t Fall for This PayPal Invoice Scam

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Source: The “Poetry Lovers” Facebook page.

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“Visionen,” Paul Mak, 1919

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Visions.

Paul Mak (Pavel Petrovich Ivanov) (1891-1967), 'Visionen', 1919
Paul Mak (Pavel Petrovich Ivanov) (1891-1967), ‘Visionen’, 1919
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“We all long for Eden …”

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Source: The “Orthodox England” Facebook page.

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Lothlorien Poetry Journal prints my tribute to Dennis Williamson in Volume 29.

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I’m honored to share here that Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 29 includes my tribute to my late friend and colleague, Dennis Williamson.  (Dennis was also known by his nom de plume, Dennis Villelmi.)  The journal originally published the essay online on October 19th.)

Lothlorien Poetry Journal features free verse/rhyming/experimental poetry, short stories and flash fiction; the theme for Volume 29 is Amplified Voices in the Murmurs of Infinity.  I am so pleased to be published beside 71 renowned poets and authors, and I’m grateful to Editor Strider Marcus Jones for accepting my essay.

You can purchase Volume 29 right here at Lulu.

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“Mary Quite Contrary,” Maxfield Parrish, 1921

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Oil on board.

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“Love is patient, love is kind.”

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Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It does not dishonour others,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
and it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
and always perseveres.

Love never fails.

—  1 Corinthians 13

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Photo credit: Follash, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

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Street Dad Strikes.

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You know you’re getting old when you pass 20-somethings in the street and get paternal impulses.  MY DUDE, WHERE IS YOUR JACKET?  Did you leave the house wearing only a flannel shirt?

[Update — sorry for any repeat posts, guys.  It’s a WordPress glitch — not mine.]