Shawn BateleurPostlude, in which I explain myselfI took up this challenge from Oren Cohen on the spur of a fleeting instant. But it was a moment of clarity, one where you know it’s time to…Oct 26, 2021Oct 26, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 30: “Write about a meaningful ending”Life is a tangle of highways and byways. People meet, separate, and meet again. Where in that mess of human life is an ending? As I look…Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 29: “Write about an upcoming holiday”In a few days parts of the Western world will be celebrating Halloween, many without knowing of its history. I became fascinated with this…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 28: “Write about an injustice you want to correct in the world”Human beings the whole world over are subjected to a daily injustice, subtler but more intrusive than any abuse of state power or violence…Oct 23, 2021Oct 23, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 27: “Write about your first computer”Lo and behold! To be handed the keys to the universe. To have the leverage to shift the follies and ignorance of the world. To get your…Oct 22, 2021Oct 22, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 26: “Write about bad customer service you received”I don’t like to dwell on things like bad customer service for the most part. Most workers are being oppressed by their employer somehow and…Oct 22, 2021Oct 22, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 25: “write about your first phone”When I was handed my first phone by my pops I was about 11 or 12. I was geared up to acquire the skills we all tested out at that age…Oct 21, 2021Oct 21, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 24: “Write about your first day job”A man is always working to some extent in this world we live in, as he grows up and learns about the trades people do in the world around…Oct 20, 2021Oct 20, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 23: “Write about your favorite social network”We live in a time when secrets are hidden in plain sight. The irony is that they are not hidden from those who watch everything. Anyone who…Oct 19, 2021Oct 19, 2021
Shawn BateleurDay 22: “Write about a failure that in hindsight was good for you”I got kicked out of class in elementary school. It was music class and the teacher didn’t like my impromptu harmony to “Twinkle Twinkle…Oct 18, 2021Oct 18, 2021
