seanessay.com (under 900 words) Falling down the rabbit hole. prompt- Don’t eat the snow Have you ever been to Missoula? Right on the Great Plains? Right next to Canada? Let me tell you—here in Missoula? We hate Canadians. Why? It’s too far to go to hunt or ski, but not too far for them to […]
Firefly was a Masterpiece
seanessay.com My buddy Blair (deceased) was brilliant, and I’d like to guest-post his take on the TV show Firefly… As for Firefly, you know how some shows only manage to go one season? Or only halfway, until Christmas? Firefly didn’t even make it that far. Which sounds bad, but— copies were soon flying off the […]
People Watching
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 […]