by Think In The Morning | Aug 5, 2026 | More |
This is a very personal blog.2026 is a milestone year for me in many ways. I just turned 80 years old. That’s something I never expected. Both my parents died around 70. My older brother at 33. My older sister at 49. Most painfully, my son at 53. Why did I get all...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 29, 2026 | More |
Phantasmagoric art is the artistic practice of restoring possibility wherever an ideology has mistaken its own model for reality.There is something eerie about our times. Mark Fisher’s book The Weird and The Eerie attempts to explain the peculiar emotional...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 28, 2026 | More |
[Click on BLUE links to access any blog from the list]Napkin Art Gallery LINKBlog Posts in Alphabetical Order 4 Reviews For Behind The Locked Door86’dA Bit of An ItchA Dog in the FightA Doodle A DayA Few Comments About the Old Sea Gull Cellar BarA Few Things I Learned...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 22, 2026 | More |
“Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.” F. Scott Fitzgerald“Happy is the country which requires no heroes?” Bertolt BrechtWatching an aide enraptured with visiting royalty, [Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau] said bluntly, as they looked out...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 16, 2026 | More |
“The fault I find with our journalism is that it forces us to take an interest in some fresh triviality or other every day, whereas only three or four books in a lifetime give us anything that is of real importance.” Proust, Swann’s Way The meaningless trivia...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 10, 2026 | More |
When I grew up in the 40s’ and 50s’ I listened every Saturday morning to the Big John and Sparky show. The theme song (The Teddy Bear’s Picnic, see below) blasted from my radio as I lay in bed and waited for the current week’s show to start....
