seanessay.com I hesitate at essaying about my “tourist in London” life. Having known one or more people who were in the Peace Corps in Africa, or who did the back packing thing in South America, or taught English in East Asia, I notice: Seldom do they explain “social studies” or tell stories, and very seldom […]
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 […]
Martian Machine Passing Parthenon
essaysbysean.blogspot.com “Martian Machine Passing Parthenon” Being the title of a photolithograph, from after the War of the Worlds. Prologue Chief Engineer Gordon Malloy of “The Orville” (TV) in Lasting Impressions: “We look at these images of people who lived hundreds of years ago, and they’re so distant looking, that it’s easy to think that they […]