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 […]
People Happy, Tropospheric and Boring
seanessay.com Falling freely down the rabbit hole—imagine the sights!—writing as I go, with my peers on Free Fall Fridays. Prompt- every second Monday Every second Monday I get off the trolley, hold my breath past the bakery, and stroll leisurely along the row of boutiques on tenth, making my way to Harrison Galleries. I learned […]
Art Easing Life
seanessay.com This week, some art smacked me right into bed with my clothes on. How to describe it? No, it wasn’t a painting that distressed me, although for some folks a picture can be awfully rough. Every year around this time the Imaginus poster sale makes the rounds of campuses. One reproduction is always bigger […]
Stupid Rich People’s Party
seanessay.com I got invited to a party! Oh boy! Well, not just me, everyone in the Advanced Toastmasters club, where I had been a guest a couple times, was invited. But after that stupid party, I never went back to that club… The girl with the harp from last week’s post, Eily, told me she […]