seanessay.com Since free fall writing, by definition, is not edited, I don’t need to hold this “essay” back for my peers to edit. I can simply cut-and-paste yesterday’s Free Fall Friday. (10 a.m.-12 noon at the Alexandra Writers Centre, in person and another group online) Prompt- afraid One day, I realized I was afraid. I, […]
Mister Thompson, Me and Postwar Sparrows
seanessay.com Hark, when the night is falling, Hear, hear the pipes are calling, Loudly and proudly calling, Down through the glen Scotland the Brave Back when every classroom had a picture of the young queen, my grade five teacher was Mr. Thompson. He was sternly intent on teaching us our provincial geography, such as plateaus, […]
When Mentors are Merry and Gone
seanessay.com Strange how a person can significantly influence your life—and then that person is gone. For a buddy in the reserves, training in a mountain monsoon rainforest with members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, his mentor was a paratrooper who guided him through the worst. He told me they even had to sleep on sloping […]
Secrets Tourists Don’t Tell about London
seanessay.com (Dateline London) Everybody likes London—I’ve been here a half dozen times. I tell people I stay in Central London, as “90 per cent of the tourist attractions” are there: Museums and Galleries, gardens and theatres, monuments, the science place and the zoo… And of course the shopping, including the world famous Harrods department store: […]
Even Nasty Activists like to be Tourists
seanessay.com At the east edge of Banff National Park is the town of Canmore, at the east edge of which stands the Alpine Club lodge. We were “getting away from it all,” and a high school group was there too, with the smell of green nettles drifting in the open windows, the feel of earthy […]
Increasing Self-Power by Changing Environment
seanessay.com Headnote: I’m in London. Last night a talk-radio show reported that if you leave a light on for an extra four hours per day, then at the end of the year your bill will only increase by… $1.75. (in pounds) The story went on to say there are a lot of unnecessary family rows […]