seanessay.com …As a tumbleweed is blowing in the wind… Standing in the doorway of a midwest cafe, hesitating, Archie called over to where Doctor Raj was drinking coffee. “May I sit? Raj said, “Yes. What a nice coincidence.” “Red Water’s a small town. I knew you’d be here, buckaroo.” “After seeing patients all day, I […]
A Family Living History Lesson
seanessay.com My dear mother was born in Vancouver, to a deaf and mute father, and a deaf and blind mother. Two younger siblings. For a while, as a teenager, I lived in Grandma’s basement suite. We talked by the manual alphabet spelling on her hand, where the five finger tips were the five vowels. I […]