by Think In The Morning | Mar 2, 2023 | Words |
Moon river, wider than a mileI’m crossing you in style some dayOh, dream maker, you heart breakerWherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your wayTwo drifters, off to see the worldThere’s such a lot of world to seeWe’re after the...
by Think In The Morning | Feb 26, 2023 | Words |
“I think it’s your shell.” “I have a shell?” “Of course, everything does.” “Everything?” “Well, clams, mussels, scallops, abalones, armadillos.” “Have you ever seen an armadillo?” “No, but I’ve read about them.” “That’s hearsay. You can’t use it.” “Okay, beetles...
by Think In The Morning | Feb 22, 2023 | Words |
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 An ocean of fog lays over the headlands. It creeps up the rivers, slides up the trunks of giant redwoods, kisses mouths of ghosts who live in the space between sky and earth. A...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 25, 2022 | Words |
Those who know do not tell,Those who tell do not know. Lao Tzu George Santayana, reading Moby Dick: In spite of much skipping, I have got stuck in the middle. David Markson, This Is Not A Novel We’re hooked on David Markson....
by Think In The Morning | Jul 29, 2022 | Words |
I began to read at an early age. My parents divorced when I was around two. I lived with my mother and she read to me from as early as I can remember. Other than the newspaper, my father didn’t read much at all. He lived far away but we got together as much as we...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 20, 2022 | Words |
We discovered Allegra Hyde’s novel by accident, by chance, or if you prefer by serendipity. The reclusive author, John Fowles, wrote this amazingly frank response to a high school student who queried him in a letter about the meaning of his book The Magus. Reality,...