seanessay.com Written in a Free Fall Friday drop-in, where there is a writing prompt, then you scribble like mad until the buzzer prompt- Participants I will tell you what I decided long ago. There are those who participate, and those who don’t. The don’ts, alas, will always be in the majority. Attend a school: a […]
A Return to Enjoying Public Transit
seanessay.com Being sans car for a few days (I get it tomorrow), I spent today doing errands on public transit: train twice, bus thrice. Nice to connect with downtown again. “Don’t ever get a car,” I used to tell people, “for now I have lost touch with downtown.” On the electric train I admired the […]
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 […]
Relating Across the Rainbow of Time
seanessay.com Is there a felt need to be able to talk across time, to people of other generations? Maybe not, because maybe people think it’s so hopeless they suppress any spark of hope. “I don’t care to talk to young punks.” Like how, before women’s liberation gave hope, we suppressed sparks of outrage at sexism. […]
Canadian Views Americans, their King and Camels
seanessay.com Some of my best friends are Yankees, but you’ve got to admit: Yanks can describe something, with a perfectly straight face, as “…being downright unAmerican.” Nobody up here can say, “UnCanadian”—not without sounding sheepish. A confident man in Santa Fe once said, “No self respecting New Mexican wants to be caught sounding like a […]