seanessay.com There was a time when I mock-grouched, “Work colleagues can travel home to Asia and Africa, while I can’t even afford to fly to Saskatchewan.” (the next province over) Then a colleague at work, one year, flew to see the WWI battlefields in France. Well. So I decided to finally start budgeting too: Being […]
From Alaska, Eschewing Sunny Hawaii for Grey London
seanessay.com When tourists are in Alaska they may forget that Alaskans can go be tourists too. And while the British Isles reward rambling there are also rewards from remaining in Central London: 90 per cent of the London tourist attractions are in the centre. After meeting an Alaskan I found London travel advice, from Quora […]
Free Fall Travel
seanessay.com more free fall writing, to free up one’s mind They say people visit travel agencies in January, resolved to travel. Prompt- take a hike Sometimes I think I could go for a hike, but then I never do. I have a reliable car but… part of my situation is guilt about things I could […]
Coping With Cold in the Great White North
seanessay.com Below minus 32 Fahrenheit, as my feet squeak through subzero snow, I reflect that there is one thing to break the gloom: Christmas! Such a time for gratitude, a time when Muslims, Jews and Atheists alike may all be grateful that evergreen Christmas trees, Frosty the snowman, Santa Claus, Rudolph and presents wrapped up […]
Human Nature is Russian Nature
seanessay.com All people are equal and alike but… Here’s something I found on Quora (social e-mail) from a U.S. citizen: My frail, ill mother treated me like shit from the time was 7 until she died. While living with me; she was terrible, horrific. I asked her WHY and this was her response: “Because I […]
Free Fall Kaleidoscope and Yelling
seanessay.com … Written on Free Fall Friday … Prompt- stop yelling Words to live by. Nobody yells about the falsity or truth of the Pythagorus theorem, or the pigments in acid green. No, we only argue about the most unprovable subjective things. It was Dale Carnegie who pointed out that no one ever wins an […]