by Think In The Morning | Jul 31, 2016 | More |
DORIAN bartender Jacob Ring, “Torito” to his friends, was up to his usual tricks Saturday night. The youthful looking thirty-eight year old was once again serving drinks to senior citizens as if they were normal people. No matter the four unsuspecting seniors were...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 29, 2016 | More |
I don’t do restaurant reviews. This is an exception. I expect there will be more. San Francisco is a special place for me. I remember as a young boy first visiting San Francisco with my father sixty years ago. He was the owner of a restaurant and hotel in the...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 7, 2016 | More |
As our Independence Day fades into the unsavory miasma of what proves to be an entertaining but disappointing Presidential election season, I find myself unable to let go of one of my all-time heroes, Tom Paine. Googling about in a fit of nostalgia for the “good ole...
by Think In The Morning | Jun 3, 2016 | More |
[First published in the Real Estate Magazine, April 1998, revised 2016] I obtained the following definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary: GEEK: A carnival performer whose act usually consists of biting the head off a live chicken or snake. GURU: A...
by Think In The Morning | Jun 1, 2016 | More |
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour William Blake, Auguries of Innocence Pierce High School in Arbuckle, California is not the kind of place you would expect a young boy to...
by Think In The Morning | May 20, 2016 | More |
At This Point In Time There have been no blossoms during the entire election season. The slight limbs of trees and plants bend from the weight of closed buds. There is no color. Bees remain sullen in the dark intricacies of their swollen homes hung like...