seanessay.com Down the rabbit hole: Third person, first person, and an essay. Prompt- the plane touched down and every one began breathing normally. Everyone had felt the jolt when something was hit, some had heard a crump, a few claimed to have seen something careening past the windows. This was a strange time to have […]
Doggie In A Box
seanessay.com Falling down the rabbit hole, we write as we fall, not knowing where our words or ourselves will end up… Today’s Free Fall Friday pieces are four: two lighter, then two heavier. prompt- I love you to death, …and/or a photo of a dog in a box “How much is that doggie in the […]
Cultural Appropriation Is Such Fun
seanessay.com Falling down the rabbit hole, writing as I go, with my Free Fall Friday peers. prompt- What have you got on your shoulder honey? My wife and I parted ways in Chinatown. No, I don’t meant that tensions in our marriage had finally reached a boiling point, I mean we each wanted to buy […]
Hoverboards in New London
seanessay.com Leaping from a prompt, falling down, down a rabbit hole, while writing to see what happens… at Free Fall Fridays. prompt- Thinking box “You are thinking,” he said ponderously “inside the box.” We were in the boardroom and BJ Edison, the CEO, was addressing all his senior and middle executives. I traced a box […]
Exotic Everyday Excitement
seanessay.com We gather, leap off a prompt, and fall down, down the rabbit hole, seeing what happens… on Free Fall Fridays. “There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.” —Celia Thaxter prompt-ice sculptures If you go to the city of Edmonton, in the middle of January, there they are: ice sculptures. In Churchill square, […]
Glad to Be Alive
seanessay.com Down the rabbit hole, having jumped off with a prompt, writing to see what happens… gathering with peers at Free Fall Fridays. Perhaps on that Friday, seven years ago, I was thinking of old research that showed that during wartime the rate of suicides goes down: No one knew why. Besides being glad to […]