Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
- William Blake
The Mendocino Gong Show at the Sea Gull Cellar Bar 10-20-1982
This is a bonus post, a live recording of The Mendocino Gong Show at the Sea Gull Cellar Bar recorded 10-20-1982. The Gong Show was a one-night only extravaganza at the upstairs Cellar Bar. We packed the house so we opened the dining room and the downstairs cellar...
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It’s The Pie, Stupid
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] So many people visited the Sea Gull Restaurant all those years ago. I don’t regret moving on with my life but I do miss the friends and the people I worked with and … the pies. When I entered into the...
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The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living
To Live Well You have to take risks Risk failure Risk looking stupid Risk admitting you haven't got the skills Risk personal embarrassment Risk making mistakes Risk offending people That's the only way you can learn To succeed To be smart To acquire skills To...
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Reassessment II
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] In our last post TITM defined the economic mindset and pointed out what we think are some defects. This post is a first attempt to outline possible changes that might correct those defects. It is obvious a short blog...
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Reassessment
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Overproduction of growth hormone causes excessive growth. In children, the condition is called gigantism. In adults, it is called acromegaly. Excessive growth hormone is almost always caused by a noncancerous...
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Wind Lightening Thunder Rain
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6 I love watching the weather move in. At its simplest, Oaxaca has two...
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Short Fiction – Seduction
Graham made all the arrangements. I was busy with a project. I didn’t even have time for a cursory review let alone the usual detailed preparation we generally put in. B was a famous writer. I knew he was eclectic and lived in Oaxaca. Eclectic isn’t quite right. He...
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Short Fiction – The Argument
No one remembers how it started. It was some silly little thing like the color of the water at Las Canteras. He said it was green. She said it was blue. Something like that. Things now were totally out of control. She insulted his mother. He called her sister a...
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The Dust Gatherers
The dust whispers into town like fog the difference being that fog bubbles are hollow and wet while dust bubbles are solid and dry. The houses are painted in bright colors so that people can find their way. The red houses lead to restaurants, the green houses to...
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Green Leaves, Muted Flowers, Darkness
He feels as if he’s being watched. He looks up from the book to scan his surroundings. He sees nothing but green leaves, muted flowers, darkness. He listens. He hears only the singing of the grasshoppers, chapulines as they are called in the markets in Oaxaca....
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Gerardo Navarro Gómez: Art in the Slow Lane
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] I want to sleep in the country, by the river, to retrieve the dreams of my youth. Gerardo Navarro Gómez The story of the life to date of the Zapotec, Oaxacan, Mexican artist Gerardo Navarro Gómez has been...
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Guest Post: A Saint in the Compost by Montgomery Howard
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Two years ago Think in the Morning wrote about Monty and Pilar (Huertos Bi Nisa): Some Traditional Markets of Oaxaca. Since then their Saturday market location has moved from outside Casa de las Bugambilias on...
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