seanessay.com What do art lovers know that I don’t know? I’m still learning, and on holiday I’ve just learned more. I am in London, where the British have free (link1) art galleries (link2) around Trafalgar Square with many priceless paintings: If I sold my home and car I still would not be able to afford […]
Sayonara Blog
seanessay.com My 175th post. A sign? And WordPress no longer has stats to show what country my visitors are from—grrr! A sign? I used to have a direct link on my desktop, now I have to jump through hoops to get into my own website. And new hoops—plural—to get my stats. Definitely a sign that […]
From Alaska, Eschewing Sunny Hawaii for Grey London
seanessay.com When tourists are in Alaska they may forget that Alaskans can go be tourists too. And while the British Isles reward rambling there are also rewards from remaining in Central London: 90 per cent of the London tourist attractions are in the centre. After meeting an Alaskan I found London travel advice, from Quora […]
Free Fall Travel
seanessay.com more free fall writing, to free up one’s mind They say people visit travel agencies in January, resolved to travel. Prompt- take a hike Sometimes I think I could go for a hike, but then I never do. I have a reliable car but… part of my situation is guilt about things I could […]
Free Fall Anticipation of Retirement
seanessay.com They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Lawrence Binyon Inscribed at the Scottish National War Memorial I was there, at the memorial in Edinburgh, back […]
What’s It All About, Seanie?
essaysbysean.com After one hundred blog essays, I suppose I should “build my character” by “considering the worst,” even if this stabs my vanity, by asking Is there any meaning to it all? Sometimes I stand in a dark void, albeit with pretty stars, feeling my writing is futile. Around me the space age has passed […]