seanessay.com Two posts ago I was remembering a prime minister’s plan for controlling “wages and prices.” Now I am again feeling middle aged. Down the decades, I have seen how individual writers, on the New York Times bestseller list, can indeed make a difference; it just it takes a while to impact the culture. It […]
Scandal of Schoolchildren Made to Write Mundane Essays
seanessay.com You may have read that old satiric short story about two British gentleman on a desert island who couldn’t speak to each without an introduction. Turns out loving essays is enough of an introduction. At the British Museum food court I noticed a New Age lady setting down a copy of Annie Dillard’s essay […]
Look Mum, a Local Culture
seanessay.com Despite being asked to join, I’ve never been on Facebook. Just as well, maybe, as now “they say” teenagers believe Facebook is for old people. I believe “they.” Besides, a teen in her final year of high school has, in passing, documented this fact in a prose article for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Madison […]
Chicken Soup Meets Carlin
seanessay.com If you wondered and half hoped that the “Carlin” being “met” was comedian George Carlin, then you are in luck. Here’s a link to a review of the screen biography now out, George Carlin’s American Dream. Here’s a link to a respectful essay in my old blog, George Carlin and Diversity. Here’s the connection: […]
Hasty Word What Might Have Been
seanessay.com After a new milestone of 125 posts, it’s time to catch up and ponder blog status. Catch up The trouble with having a self-imposed word limit is you leave stuff out. In my recent posts, here are two things I could have said: During my Schizophrenia piece, in my part on celebrities being harassed […]
Schizophrenia Seen From Middle Age
seanessay.com (1,000 words) The first time I knew anyone living with schizophrenia was when a college classmate in her late 20’s, “Shawna,” was acting a little strange. A group of us slightly older students (early to mid-20’s) were leaving the younger ones to their long counter nook upstairs, “the Soup Kitchen” while we gathered at […]