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Basic to Advanced to Great
SEANESSAY.COM And that person you’re with, In that moment you share, Give them all of your focus, Be totally there. By Pat A. Fleming, from each moment is precious Listening skills have been captured on paper by a scientist, with things like ‘don’t fold your arms.’ There is even some silly acronym, for ease of […]
Innocence Known and Lost
seanessay.com As a senior citizen—and I wonder how many folks feel the same— I have lost things, and I have seen things. In early middle age I used to idly toy with the idea of attending Pepperdine University, in California, so I could take writing classes from David Gerrold—he’s a master! But I ran into […]
A Senior’s Perspective on Innocent Student Protests
seanessay.com I remember, years after we graduated university, a friend being as surprised as I had been when I told her a person can be an atheist and Jew simultaneously. This week a famous blogger, Penelope Trunk, has an atheist Jewish son involved in a protest on campus. I am one of 45 commenters. I […]
That Was Good, And You Need to Know
seanessay.com Someone wrote to me, immediately after our zoom meeting: Thanks for the skills session today, it was great! I replied: Thank you for saying so, that’s nice to hear. I am reminded of the semester I took with theatre majors taking Creative Movement. We presented our movement studies both solo and in pairs. In […]
An Alumni’s Awesome University Cogitation
seanessay.com Actually these “thoughts” do not include the stuff that affectionate alumni or Human Resources guys might say. Never mind. A famous blog I follow is that of Penelope Trunk (her pen name) for her advice on career and Life In The World. She’s also famous among home schoolers, as I know from a local […]