seanessay.com The progression goes: Most folks talk about people, fewer talk about things, fewer still talk about ideas. People David Gazard I see have some blog hits from Australia. In my late middle age, I am remembering: That’s where my university student newspaper editor, David Gazard, went to live. Turns out the “journalism ecology” there, […]
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: […]
Seeking Savoury Subjects for My Blazing Blog
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 […]