seanessay.com From gathering on Free Fall Friday, with prompts prompt- she had something to tell him There she was, in the cutesy ginger snap café with her cute blue beret that brought out her eyes. She was about 18, sometimes jiggling her knee, more often moving her toe up and down. The chairs were more […]
A Writer’s Covid Perspective
seanessay.com (1,000 words) Falling down the rabbit hole, writing on Free Fall Friday. – Here’s something cheerful to me—because it’s worse than Covid… prompt- We sat around and talked about symptoms. We who survived the plagues had lots of little symptoms, but—We weren’t dead! Life puts things into perspective. Help yourself to clothes and cars […]
When Others Meet Others
seanessay.com Here’s an interlude to my blog pause, in which I don’t post an essay, instead posting my comments on someone’s blog regarding a new science fiction novel (link) where the protagonist is between two worlds, like a Canadian being half Metis and half mainstream. Except in the novel war clouds were forming. I tried […]
Time To Pause
seanessay.com From memory: There are a million ways to escape life, and only one way to face life—Jess Lair, Ph.D. I guess we all can succumb, on occasion, to the time sink of going on the Web: Seeking to surf and distract through Twitter, Youtube and such. We all know there’s a fine line between […]
We Pulled Down the Shades
seanessay.com From free falling down the rabbit hole, at Free Fall Friday prompt- what she said We were 8 years old, my cousin Connie and I. In the backyard, a drizzly day. I was looking down, but Connie was looking up. “We could go over to that chestnut tree,” she said. “Mom wouldn’t like it, […]
A Cluttered Cave, with Onion
seanessay.com Like you, I live in a cave. With more than one room, a stuccoed ceiling and with walls painted eggshell white: All the better to mount my paintings. But still, a cave. A container. A bowl holding my memories and hopes while offering a place to relax. But like you, maybe, I have something […]