seanessay.com Since free fall writing, by definition, is not edited, I don’t need to hold this “essay” back for my peers to edit. I can simply cut-and-paste yesterday’s Free Fall Friday. (10 a.m.-12 noon at the Alexandra Writers Centre, in person and another group online) Prompt- afraid One day, I realized I was afraid. I, […]
On Human Capital, OR how the Mount Royal University board of governors Messed Up Royally.
seanessay.com (Time travel note: This story concerns when MRU was still MRC) The BBC once did a story on The Murder That Changed America. A young university student in Laramie, Wyoming, was “gay bashed,” as in beaten severely, tied to a fence, and left to die. His crime? Existing while gay. Question: Was MRC (Mount […]
Mister Thompson, Me and Postwar Sparrows
seanessay.com Hark, when the night is falling, Hear, hear the pipes are calling, Loudly and proudly calling, Down through the glen Scotland the Brave Back when every classroom had a picture of the young queen, my grade five teacher was Mr. Thompson. He was sternly intent on teaching us our provincial geography, such as plateaus, […]
Strength From a Remembrance Day Handshake
seanessay.com As I write this I am too sick to attend the service this morning. I will soon return to bed. In the next two days I have two medical appointments that I may not be able to attend. Outlook grey. The good news is someone wrote me a nice letter about our shared past, […]
Quotations for this November of Our Discontent
seanessay.com In endeavours to improve our situation, we should never despair Thomas Jefferson, 1819 “Hey, how ‘bout them voters?” Former President Donald Trump was re-elected on November 5, 2024. Now what? Naturally there will be time spend on reactions such as fierce accusations, or drawing one’s dark curtains to go on a beer binge. That’s fine. […]
Quotation for America’s New Morning, November Six
seanessay.com We have always been at war with Eastasia. Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell