Resign

 Why did an 80-year-old widower who lives in a Newtown Square retirement community spend $50,000...

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- William Blake

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The Tragedy of Maxim Gorky: What It Means For Us Today

The Tragedy of Maxim Gorky: What It Means For Us Today

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?   Mark 8:36   "The aim of literature is to help man to understand himself, to strengthen the trust in...

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Laughter

Laughter

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   I hate scarce smiles, I love laughing. William Blake annotations to Aphorisms on Man by Johann Caspar Lavater   Several have defined man as "an animal which laughs." Henri Bergson, Laughter...

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Character

Character

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   You have character.  You can be a character.  You can create a character, build character or engage in character assassination.  There are characters in real life, characters in novels.  They can be...

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The Art of Empty Spaces

The Art of Empty Spaces

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   On the Paseo de la Reforma, that grand avenue simulating the entrance to an imperial Mexico City that of course no longer exists, there’s a quadrangle of tiny absences, small plazas, where once there...

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Easter Thoughts

Easter Thoughts

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]     If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. John Maynard Keynes   Keynes, the famous economist,...

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Art Science Business

Art Science Business

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   The business of America is business  Calvin Coolidge   “We didn’t elect a saint.”  I’m so tired of the religious right dragging out this sorry explanation for their unwavering support of our...

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The Kelley House–The Sea Gull–Mendocino History

The Kelley House–The Sea Gull–Mendocino History

  [Click on BLUE link for sources and more information]   The Kelley House is a tremendous local resource for Mendocino.  The amount of information and the services provided by the Kelley House are quite extensive.  A simple search using the search tool on...

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Guest Post: The Magic Clock by Mitchell Zucker @ 1990

Guest Post: The Magic Clock by Mitchell Zucker @ 1990

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   Mitchell Zucker has contributed several stories to Think in the Morning.  Here are the links. The Diamond's Sutra The Swan and the Sculptor The Parolee Once Upon A Time In The Pigmy Forest Raven Man...

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Remembering Big Al

Remembering Big Al

  [Click on BLUE links for sources or more information]   IMPORTANT NOTE:  To honor Al, the Community Center of Mendocino is hosting a "Celebration Of Big Al's Life" Sunday, April 8, 2018 from 12:00 to 3:00pm. Please join us, bring your stories, music and...

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A Doodle A Day

A Doodle A Day

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information}       “You see,” said Thurber sadly, “that’s the way life goes.  I write stories with the utmost care, rewriting every one from three to 10 times.  I have written so many of them for the New...

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What’s With All The Elephant Napkins?

What’s With All The Elephant Napkins?

  [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information]   I woke up.  In the darkness I sensed a presence.  I rolled out of bed reluctantly.  I went to pee.  I made coffee.  While drinking my coffee I realized the presence was always with me.  A memory....

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