Reinventing Myself

 It’s been quite a shock at my age to discover that the values I’ve lived by all these years are...

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

- William Blake

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While We Are Out

While We Are Out

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and information]   While we are on an indefinite hiatus (due to MINOR but ANNOYING medical issues), TITM thought it might be a good idea to provide a list of some of our favorite online sites.  Don't get too attached.  We...

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Under the Weather

Under the Weather

  Think in the Morning staff is currently under the weather.  We are taking a few days, weeks, months off until we can think clearly again.  Don't go away.  We will be back.  A productive use of this time for our readers would be to read some of our older posts...

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Global Warming:  Deniers, Doomers, Dreamers, Doers

Global Warming: Deniers, Doomers, Dreamers, Doers

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and information]   Deniers don’t believe it’s happening, Doomers think it’s too late to do anything about it, Dreamers think a miraculous fix will come along automatically, Doers roll up their sleeves and get to work....

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A Simpleton’s Guide to Stock Prices

A Simpleton’s Guide to Stock Prices

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   Cassandra: Beware of Hootie Pie. Sonia: Who? Cassandra: I don’t know. Just beware. Vanya: Hootie Pie. We need to keep a small notebook nearby and write all these things down, for your sanity hearing...

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Sea Gull Recipe Series – Oysters, Bouillabaise

Sea Gull Recipe Series – Oysters, Bouillabaise

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   I love oysters.  I like them raw, also fried and in soups or stuffing, but I’ll eat them most any way they are served.  At the Sea Gull we served them more or less the same way we served the...

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Poems – 15

Poems – 15

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   This is our 15th page of poems and napkin art.  The other page links are listed below.  At TITM we believe that poetry is more important than ever given The Way We Live Now.  Poetry and art go...

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Sea Gull Recipe Series – Sweetbreads

Sea Gull Recipe Series – Sweetbreads

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and information]   When I moved to Mendocino and acquired the Sea Gull Restaurant, I had no idea what sweetbreads were. (I didn’t know how to cook at all or run a business either, but that’s a different story.)  As it turns...

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A Dog in the Fight

A Dog in the Fight

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and information]   Every nation gets the government it deserves.  Joseph de Maistre In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve.  Alexis de Tocqueville The government you elect is the government you deserve. ...

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States I Have Visited – by Karson Jones (7 years old)

States I Have Visited – by Karson Jones (7 years old)

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and information]   I like to travel.  I live in California.  So far I have visited nine other states.  There are 50 states in the United States of America.  Since I live in California, I still have 40 other states to...

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Sea Gull Recipe Series – Chicken Kiev

Sea Gull Recipe Series – Chicken Kiev

  [Click on BLUE link for sources and more information]   Owen Matthews in his lively and interesting book Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America explains in vivid detail how:   Russia really did once have an American...

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Poems – 14

Poems – 14

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information.]   The painting at the top of this post by Hermann Orduña was discussed in this recent post by TITM:  The Argument   Does poetry still matter in this era of social media where the attention span...

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Honey, We’re Eating The Kids

Honey, We’re Eating The Kids

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] If you lower the price enough, consumers will buy more of the product.  There are exceptions such as Giffen goods or Veblen goods but they are rare.  It’s known as the law of demand.  This is certainly the...

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