seanessay.com “…Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life…” Samual Johnson January, they say, is when people make a resolution to travel. If so, dear reader, I suggest London. I can’t offer a reasonable bird’s eye view as a travel agent can, but I may offer a few snapshots from […]
The Master Free Falls
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 […]
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. […]
Tourist Breaks the Ice to Talk to Strangers
seanessay.com When traveling, some folks despair, wondering how to “break the ice” with strangers: One tourist said he just couldn’t engage with locals, “not even in bars and cafes.” A couple, planning to travel to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, feared they wouldn’t speak with a single soul. To that couple I offered specific advice, […]
A Housewife and I Time Jump to a New Era
seanessay.com The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings RLS—Robert Louis Stevenson To live, how amazing! Sean Crawford A Housewife Time Traveled As for amazing, you may recall that in the major motion picture, Peggy Sue Got Married, she is a wife and […]
Free Falling in First Person
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, […]