seanessay.com I wasn’t prepared for what I saw on February 24, three years plus two days after after one man, Putin, launched his “special military operation” in Ukraine, which in reality is a war, although, by law, Russians can get 15 years in prison if they say, “war.” To set the stage: The great educator […]
Free Falling in Political Correctness
seanessay.com Howdy internet folk, it’s time for free fall again. Writing with a timer while plummeting to earth is fulfilling, and amazing, like watching a dog dance: It’s not that the dance is done well, but that the dog dances at all. … … Writing prompt- political correctness So there I was, doing all that’s […]
My Mother-in-law is a Free Falling Train Wreck
Free Fall Friday is a time when me and my peers, cautious slow writers, can loosen up, forget our “silly, slow, edit-as-you go,” and just let her rip! We set a timer of ten or fifteen minutes, to write before we hit the ground. For today’s pieces, my peers said, “Blog it” and “This is […]
A Housewife and I Time Jump to a New Era
seanessay.com The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings RLS—Robert Louis Stevenson To live, how amazing! Sean Crawford A Housewife Time Traveled As for amazing, you may recall that in the major motion picture, Peggy Sue Got Married, she is a wife and […]
A Family Living History Lesson
seanessay.com My dear mother was born in Vancouver, to a deaf and mute father, and a deaf and blind mother. Two younger siblings. For a while, as a teenager, I lived in Grandma’s basement suite. We talked by the manual alphabet spelling on her hand, where the five finger tips were the five vowels. I […]
A Citizen’s Parody Comedy Conduit Post
seanessay.com Today I feel like posting a comical conduit post. Remember when the Internet was new? When newspapers would run reviews of web sites for people to look at? Soon blogs appeared that might be divided into two types: destination blogs, such as my essays, and conduit blogs, where those who found the site were […]