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.

SIGN LANGUAGE.

Well Hung Vineyard.  For when you’re so well hung, you actually wine about it.

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I’m not sure how well I’ll fit in with hippies.  But if it’s one thing this world has taught me, it’s to always follow instructions when they are inscribed in colored chalk.

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HAVE A NICE DAY.

This is your daily reminder that the deadly January 6th attack on the United States Capitol absolutely meets the definitions of terrorism according to the F.B.I., The Patriot Act and the Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military.

They respectively appear below:

FBI definition (2)

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Oxford Dictionary of US Armed Forces (2)

Cover to “The Unexpected” #174, Luis Dominguez, 1976

DC Comics.

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(I’ll be just a Lindell disappointed.)

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“Warrior Looks Across Chasm,” Mizuno Toshikata, circa 1895

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper.

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Pride goeth before a fall.

Every time they put on a mask, they’re wearing a tacit admission that their president was wrong in dismissing coronavirus.

That’s why they won’t wear one.

Their slavish devotion to following Trump turns their mask into a scarlet letter.

Pride really is a deadly sin.




Cover to “Colder: Toss the Bones” #3, Juan Ferreyra, 2015

Dark Horse Comics.

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The Mill Mountain Star seen past Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital.

Roanoke, VA, August 2021.

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Variant Cover to “Carnage: Black, White & Blood” #1, Gabriele Dell’Otto, 2021

Marvel Comics.

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The Mill Mountain Star seen past St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Looking south past the corner of Elm Avenue and Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA, August 2021.

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