seanessay.com Writers Prompt- a tarot card of “the master” The heroes in popular culture are never masters, no, for we mortals are prone to identify with someone still learning and struggling, just as we are. The master is someone in the wings, seldom on stage, for he knows too much. And too, in his own […]
Doubling Down on my Everyday Madness
seanessay.com Dear Diary: I hate to admit this, but this morning I was “doubling down.” I put “d d” into my vocabulary recently, when a fellow told his young nieces, “Don’t get any tattoos.” He warned that after you make the mistake of getting the first “tat” you “double down” and get a second one, […]
When I am a Senior Citizen I Will…
seanessay.com When I am old, besides wearing purple, I will… do what? Business sage Peter Drucker recommended doing volunteer work, but he also advised: If you don’t volunteer while you are working, you will have trouble getting into doing so when you are retired. Some Irish, God bless them, have come up with a short […]
My Mother-in-law is a Free Falling Train Wreck
Free Fall Friday is a time when me and my peers, cautious slow writers, can loosen up, forget our “silly, slow, edit-as-you go,” and just let her rip! We set a timer of ten or fifteen minutes, to write before we hit the ground. For today’s pieces, my peers said, “Blog it” and “This is […]
Amidst Clutter, Never Felt So Beautiful
seanessay.com As a Self Help Junkie, I wonder: have you “personal appearance” vanity, like me? Have you “far too many” scattered books and magazines, like me—and it drives you mad? Are books your “darlings,” and “stupid junk!”? Clutter wise, as Henry David Thoreau might say, “The mass of people lead lives of quiet desperation.” … […]
Free Fall Hurtling into Poppies
seanessay.com The joy of Fee Fall Writing is not how well one writes, but whether, while hurtling to the ground, one can write at all. Writing prompt- A tarot card marked “success” Jeez I wish I had more success. My fellow essayist George Orwell said, “Everyman’s life, seen from inside, is a series of defeats.” […]