Do tiny spiders flex their fangs when they’re threatened?
I honestly do not know. I can barely keep “entomology”/”etymology” straight.
That sound you hear is my coffeepot.
Update — my arachnophile friend informs me that this is a crab spider.
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“Nam-ouch-e.”
“The back pain in me greets the back pain in you, Fellow Fortysomething.”
— from the Oxford New English Dictionary, 31st Edition
Relax.
Today I’m accompanying you everywhere in an official red vest as your registered emotional support poet.
I’m … not very well trained. I often fall back on limericks.
But they’re SUPPORTIVE limericks.
Eric Robert Nolan listed with the Poets & Writers Directory
I received a really nice honor yesterday, friends — I am now listed in the Poets & Writers Directory. This is a registry of over 10,000 published authors, maintained by Poets & Writers — America’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers. You can find it right here.
Poets & Writers was founded in 1970. Its mission is “to foster the professional development of poets and writers, to promote communication throughout the literary community, and to help create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public.”
I am quite grateful to Assistant Web Editor Francisco Marquez and his colleagues in New York City for assisting me during the application process.
(Then again, he’s always a little pensive …)
(If you don’t get the reference, then ketchup with the news today.)
They say Trump realizes now that he shouldn’t have splattered ketchup against the wall when Bill Barr repudiated his election claims.
HEINZ SIGHT IS 20/20.
Care to vote for Publication of the Month at Spillwords?
Reminder — today is the last day to vote for the Spillwords Press Awards for June 2022. You can vote for both Author of the Month and Publication of the Month right here. (As I shared here on Sunday, a poem of mine entitled “Where Would We Go?” is a nominee in the latter category. I remain grateful if you’ve supported this piece so far.)
Buildings being demolished on Campbell Avenue, Roanoke, VA
June 2022. I thought this was pretty wild — what you see is a row of buildings that have been almost entirely demolished, all facing Campbell Avenue. (These include what used to be the Campbell Court Bus Station and the deli beside it.) The facades at front remain intact for now, but they are otherwise gutted.
The Roanoke Times publishes my latest letter to the editor.
The Roanoke Times today published my letter to the editor about mandatory prayer in the public school classroom. You can read it online right here.
The Roanoke Times is Virginia’s third-largest newspaper, with a Sunday circulation of nearly 230,000 people. Thanks so much to its editorial staff for allowing me to share my opinion with my neighbors in Southwest Virginia.
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