Taking A Break

Taking A Break

  It has been a year and a half since I created Think in the Morning.  I have put up over 150 posts.  Many of the posts have been nostalgic memories of the Sea Gull Restaurant and Bar in Mendocino during the time I was the owner/operator.  Other posts include...
What About the Grandkids?

What About the Grandkids?

  I grew up in small town America and look back nostalgically at what I now know was a privileged and cherished childhood.  While I lived in a one-parent home and money was tight, I had everything I needed.  In spite of the rural agricultural landscape, I had...
The Downside of Inheritance

The Downside of Inheritance

  Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?   Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.  Barry Switzer   “Money isn’t everything,” said my mother, “but it...
Tough Love

Tough Love

  The stories I will tell now are true or mostly true.  I’ve changed the names and taken some liberty with the details.  There are things you need to know.  It isn’t easy to tell anyone that they are living in an illusion, that they have unrealistic expectations,...
The Watchful Eyes of the Censors

The Watchful Eyes of the Censors

  [Click on BLUE links for further information]   “Where they burn books, so too will they in the end burn human beings.” Heinrich Heine, Almansor     Censorship has many faces: burning books, burning witches, burning heretics.  While not as...