seanessay.com during Friday Free Fall, writing until the timer goes off. prompt- let me finish my sentence The saddest words are “let my finish my sentence!” It’s not very dignified, it shows panic, it shows being at the mercy of another. It shows an emotional sentence with swirling emotions going on. And it’s embarrassing to […]
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 […]
Passing Milestone 150 amidst Orcs and social media
seanessay.com I’ve driven well past my 150 milestone of blog posts, a white stone that was supposed to signal a “checkpoint time” to see how I was doing. My new goal has been to reduce my number of posts so as to focus on writing fiction instead— as I told my writer’s support group. That […]
Now I Understand Russian Cattle
seanessay.com Of course the Russians themselves would be the best ones to understand Russians. Especially if they have escaped their country-wide jail long enough drop their mental defences and safely reflect. This week I heard a Russian professor on the CBC, who plans to go back when it is safe, and I saw an excellent […]
Children see Statues, the Pope sees Sex
seanessay.com Having grown up back west I could identify with a TV episode of Reba, the country singer, who has a daughter in school. The school principal —a woman, since this is the 21st century— tells Reba something like, “In this school we don’t believe sex exists.” Reba replies, “How’s that working out for you?” […]
Free Fall in Ukraine
seanessay.com A fellow writer had no idea civilians refer to the Russian soldiers as Orcs. Ukraine must be on my mind, because in Free Fall Friday class I did two fiction pieces about civil engineers there, and then a parent’s musing. Here’s the musing. Prompt- shadows There is a shadow on my land. When I […]