seanessay.com Liaison, definition: Communication or cooperation which facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations. Oxford ROM dictionary Summer. Under-employed. In a college corridor at the college job centre a staff who knew my face was chatting with me. As I recall, she was frustrated that students were putting on their resume they did […]
Annotated Letters to My Establishment Politician
seanessay.com My old friend “Shawna” once joined the Green Party. Having a good head on her shoulders, the local Greens asked her to run for office. Many years later my friend saw my July piece on Writing to “Right Honourable” Folks, the blog where I said my Member of Parliament (MP) remembered my name… while […]
Thinking of Thin-skinned People
I was at an organized Christmas evening at the Alexandra Writer’s Centre Society, a place that includes folks under 18. That night I was asked to read five minutes of a typical “Friday Free Fall.” My reading, all from the same Friday, was an observational piece about road beauty, a funny romance piece, and a […]
The Joy of Free Fall Writing and Free Writing
seanessay.com Free Fall writing and Free writing I found two good life skills: Free Fall writing and Free Write. FF is offered as a drop-in on Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Alexandra Writers Centre Society. (Also offered on-line at the same time) Free Fall was famously developed by novelist W.O. Mitchell during his […]
Chuck Norris Remembered
seanessay.com A cobra bit Chuck Norris in the leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died. My life has been enriched by knowing Chuck Norris, and I don’t mean his films. Although I confess I did have, as a gift from a theatre manager, the perfectly tacky movie poster for the only show […]
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 […]