seanessay.com As a senior citizen—and I wonder how many folks feel the same— I have lost things, and I have seen things. In early middle age I used to idly toy with the idea of attending Pepperdine University, in California, so I could take writing classes from David Gerrold—he’s a master! But I ran into […]
A Child’s View for the Killing in Ukraine
essaysbysean.com Say, are you reading this in the future, having a bird’s eye view, cold and objective, from your flying car? Having grown up among Ukrainian immigrants I still want to say, “the Ukraine” although in standard English everyone leaves off the definite article. Today while the Russians are invading I wonder, thinking of Sting’s […]
My Child to be a Leader
seanessay.com I wrote to Derek Sivers, after his 44 hours of being podcast interviewed. (link) Note: If Derek likes to teach, then I like to listen. Because (joke) here in God-fearing capitalist America, we listen when a self-made millionaire speaks. Dear Derek, Greetings from the best half of North America I liked a paragraph in […]