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Hello, Friends —
Just letting you know about my new NFT mini-collection, Animal Friends by Rolli.
Jolly birds … playful rabbits … nappy cats. It’s a menagerie.
Collect all seven hand-drawn friends today on OpenSea:
https://opensea.io/collection/animal-friends-by-rolli
Happy hunting!
Cheers —
Hello, Friends – – –
Just letting you know about my first NFT collection, The Connoisseur. It’s an assortment of entirely text-based NFTs – mostly poems (including the above poem), along with a handful of very short stories.
Stranded astronauts … unfrozen authors … beautiful music… There’s something for every taste – and budget.
Check out the full collection (scroll down to see the NFTs).
Cheers – – –
Rolli
Hello, Friends —
From time to time, I am an enormous teddy bear…
As a Kinsman, I help raise funds for special equipment and travel assistance for life-saving procedures for children and adults in dire need. Like my little friend Miss Blake, above, who taught this clumsy bear how to dance.
Miss Blake is a paraplegic and wheelchair user with complex medical needs. She loves to dance and race her wheelchair.
For her 4th birthday, Miss Blake is asking everyone to donate to her campaign for Telemiracle, the foundation that’s helped her so much over the years.
Here’s the link to her campaign.
We’d both be so grateful if you could help out.
Thank-you so much, friends.
Cheers —
Hello, Friends – – –
Over at Medium, I wrote an account of the time I Finished My Thirtieth Cup of Coffee, Then Sprinted to the Emergency Room. You might enjoy it. If so, maybe you’ll buy me a coffee.
Cheers – – –
Hello, Friends – – –
Author Ben Human recently interviewed me for the new publication The Pro Files. If you’re curious, here’s the link.
Cheers – – –
Rolli
The old comedian
Martin
in our attic lived
a minute
We heartened him with
wine
and he us
with vintages of wit
until
some sinless
citizen
passing over-
heard
our laughter
He died
in irons
rusting
The Last Comedian
Yet
we remember
how he warmed our
throats’
cold corridors
with laughter as
wine
as rushings
of vital
wine
Hello, Friends – – –
My latest humorous essay is about the early months of the pandemic, and the quest for a decent cup of coffee. It was recently a runner-up for a minor literary prize.
Read it here.
(Note: only the nicest people in the world buy me a coffee).
Cheers – – –
Rolli
Hello, Friends – – –
I have a humorous new essay over at Medium – – – about the grim phantom that haunts all authors. You might like it. Have a look.
Link: https://medium.com/@rolli/dear-author-thoughts-on-rejection-1b2a68b06bd
Cheers – – –