seanessay.com You may have heard that after some agonizing over their traditional neutrality, Switzerland has followed the EU lead for freezing the bank accounts of oligarchs, and denying them entry to the alps. This from a country that once stored Nazi gold. The Swiss have surely done the right thing. Holocaust survivor and author of […]
A Child’s View for the Killing in Ukraine
essaysbysean.com Say, are you reading this in the future, having a bird’s eye view, cold and objective, from your flying car? Having grown up among Ukrainian immigrants I still want to say, “the Ukraine” although in standard English everyone leaves off the definite article. Today while the Russians are invading I wonder, thinking of Sting’s […]
Middle Aged Witness to Old Entitlement
seanessay.com A trucker this week was sent to jail… I don’t move in millionaire circles, but I wish I had thanked an old philanthropist. Have you seen those antique cars at Heritage Park? The nice man who donated them was driving his antique car when a trucker, according to police, would have had him in […]
Middle Aged Witness to Truckers
seanessay.com As you, my offshore readers, know, the Canadian flag is flying worldwide these days, as anarchists are attempting road blocks using “mobile barricades,” better known as trucks. You might ask me: Is Canada a democracy? Well, we try, albeit certain folks, who read social media while refusing to take a grown up interest in the […]
No Placeholder Today
seanessay.com As the headline says, no placeholder today. This even though I have a piece nearly already composed in my head, but for now, I think I have to learn a lesson to be more time-organized, a lesson best reinforced by having nothing to put up today. Catch you on the flip side; see you […]
Seeking Savoury Subjects for My Blazing Blog
seanessay.com Rather than put in another “place holder” I thought I would just “put it out there:” Any questions or topics for my blog? As some orator said, “If so, speak.” (comment) OK, since you insist, here’s just one place holder, from Free Fall Friday, for today’s post: prompt-He was 92 When you age, I […]