“I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.”
— Charles Bukowski
(quote courtesy of Newington Blue Press)
Photo credit: Artgal73, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons
These are original silkscreen prints from Steve Miller — not of musical fame, but of Mary Washington College fame. They were given to me by the artist many years ago.
Found ’em in storage. Got ’em up in the Batcave immediately.
DC Comics. Canadian edition.
Here’s the interesting thing … the postal service’s new postmark design looks remarkably like the footprint of a very large man.
Hey, the sticker on the front says “Do not bend” — not “Do not stomp on.”
I am so honored today to share that Spillwords Press published a recent poem of mine — “The Rough, Violet Stone.” You can find it right here.
Thanks once again to Director of Development Dagmara K. for allowing me to see my work showcased by such an exceptional online magazine!
“Plowing in the Ukraine.” Oil on canvas.
Let’s make for Maine
tonight, Love, now, let’s go, let’s just go
north for that ménage à trois —
where water licks us,
where salt air kisses us,
where waves draw warm arms over us,
where rhythmic tide will move, move, move us,
just we intimate three —
you, me and the sea.
(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2022
Photo: Leaf on the beach in Ogunquit, Maine. Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Please consider donating to a truly worthwhile organization in memory of a sublimely good soul who left us too soon.
The family of Sean L. Macro has organized a donation page for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) in the United Kingdom. It looks like a wonderful charity dedicated to suicide prevention. Sean was the kind of young man who would be the first to support someone else — I can’t think of a better way to honor him.
You can make a contribution right here:
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
Oil on canvas.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 