by Think In The Morning | Mar 30, 2016 | More |
I met Jean in 1987. She had a fascinating family history. Her late husband, Thomas Nast St. Hill, was the grandson of the famous caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Nast was the creator of our modern version of Santa Claus. He also created the...
by Think In The Morning | Mar 29, 2016 | Sea Gull |
I had a restaurant in Mendocino, along the edge of the northern California coast. I took that from Isak Dinesen’s first line in Out of Africa. I changed it a bit. I highly recommend you read every single one of her stories. Mendocino lies at the southern end of the...
by Think In The Morning | Mar 22, 2016 | Sea Gull |
“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without Improvement are the roads of genius.” William Blake On Highway 128 just before the newly built Mountain House Estate, there is a crooked tree that stands near the point of...
by Think In The Morning | Mar 22, 2016 | Sea Gull |
My first office as an investment adviser was upstairs in the old Lisbon-Paoli Hotel building. Doctor Harold Robinson was one of my first clients. He bounded through the door in his characteristic style with a sly smile on his face and asked how business was going. ...
by Think In The Morning | Mar 22, 2016 | More |
A personal blog is the ultimate tool of the narcissist. I have these thoughts that must get out of my head. I know it’s not your problem, but you could be part of the solution. Come on. Just a few minutes of your time, that’s all I ask. Not much more anyway. So...
