seanessay.com Rather than put in another “place holder” I thought I would just “put it out there:” Any questions or topics for my blog? As some orator said, “If so, speak.” (comment) OK, since you insist, here’s just one place holder, from Free Fall Friday, for today’s post: prompt-He was 92 When you age, I […]
With January in the Rearview Mirror
seanessay.com what he didn’t know before it was too late sounds watching the northern lights prompt- what he didn’t know before it was too late. Let’s contemplate that sentence for a moment, a good “moment” for that is a good part of life. As a fellow said, life is lived forward, but only understood backward. […]
Jung and Sue in the Dark
seanessay.com Sue dreamed. She was standing on the sidewalk, that day she met Jung. But this time he was snug behind her with his arms around her. Her aunt was five meters away holding a stick. “Leave her alone,” said Jung “You can’t beat her any more.” Jung dreamed. He was lying on his side […]
From Friday Free Fall Writing
prompt- desperate gamble There are calculated risks where, for good or ill, you can recover and go on. But a gamble is a binary proposition. It works, or you lose all. Oh, let’s not go there. In our civilized life, a gamble is figurative, really, not the end of the world if you lose. But […]
Poetry as a Placeholder
seanessay.com My week has been productive, but not blog-wise, because I’ve been on holiday, then working on a piece for my “Creative Nonfiction” class. Derek Sivers e-mailed me from New Zealand to ask about the class, but it was too hard for me to describe without oversimplifying and thereby misleading. So I sent him an […]
Flower Child Angrily Told to Go Take a Hike
seanessay.com from Free Fall Friday No, I’m not nostalgic for the sixties. OK, for some of the fashions, maybe, but mostly it was a big hoax. Someone came across a girl by some park bleachers, perfectly looking like a hippie in a buckskin jacket, headband and so forth, a girl with a clear complexion. Turned […]