seanessay.com In my shared house, one evening, there were two identical blond heads, plus my own, bent over at our kitchen table, journalling. A male housemate came in, made a remark, and I quipped, “It’s journal night in Canada.” One of the blonds, one night, got into a sexual activity with me and later told […]
Loving A Gay Friend
seanessay.com They say “loving someone gives you courage,” but I was scared. It was Calgary, 1987. I was in the student union building, standing restless, screwing up my courage to go down the hall to a room where the Gay Student Society was about to have their weekly meeting. I was scared to be seen […]
Remedy for Jealousy for Getting a Life
seanessay.com Continuing my late October blog theme of lifetime leisure: On the show Saturday Night Live a comedian scolded, “Get a life!” No doubt this was a twist on the slogan of the well rounded Ancient Greeks, “Not life, but a good life, is expected of every citizen.” Do trolls have a life? As you […]
Ugly People and Unforeseen Populism
seanessay.com I wonder what the conspiracy-folks think of this November issue of The Atlantic. The one with a cover story of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley, who’s father served in the pacific during WWII. Milley had to try to rein in President Donald Trump. “The Donald” was clueless. Flip […]
War and Gratitude
seanessay.com Free Fall Writing: As defined by novelist W.O. Mitches, where you fall out of a plane and write like mad to save your life before you hit the ground. We pull prompts out of a hat. Writing prompt- Peace in the valley One of my joys in life is having peace in the valley. […]
Remembrance Day for the Tragedy of Troy
seanessay.com a long re-run today, twice the usual length For Remembrance Day I feel this is timely, as novels are selling about Ancient Greece: This year I have read Stone Blind (about Medusa) Circe (Who hosted Odysseus on her island after the war) and Elektra (about Elektra’s mother, who was Helen’s sister, and of Cassandra […]