Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
- William BlakeBehind the Locked Door
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The Frolic Cafe – an update
Think in the Morning is working on a new book - The Frolic Cafe. We started this project some time ago but abandoned the idea for lack of time. We are now well into the writing/editing phase. Below are several collages you may recognize. These were the featured art...
The Politics of Passion
Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them David HumeThe best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity William Butler Yeats Looking forward,...
A Personal AI answers the Proust Questionnaire
The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. In this age of Artificial...
AI Mania
It’s just a computer.To paraphrase Richard Quest:Just a computer? It all begins with a humble computer. Whether writing your first program or running big programs for those at the top, making their mark, closing deals around the clock. Every computer has power and...
The Case For Brainstorming
"I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?” Rodney King, 1992 I first met Hanley Norins in 1977 when I was rebuilding the Sea Gull Restaurant...
New Paul McHugh Book Event
Think in the Morning friend and author Paul McHugh is coming to Mendocino's Gallery Bookshop. I hope to see you there next week to listen to Paul read from his new book."Author Paul Mchugh, a Mendocino alumnus, shall join an Authors Showcase at The Gallery Bookshop...
Short Fiction – The Great Divide
Let there be a little country without many people. Let them have tools that do the work of ten or a hundred, and never use them. Let them be mindful of death and disinclined to long journeys. They’d have ships and carriages, but no place to go. They’d have armor and...
Short Fiction – If I Were Dead
Hello darkness my old friend Paul Simon It’s been several weeks since I’ve been able to communicate with anyone. No internet, no phone, no television, no radio, no TV, no newspaper, no books—nothing. Not even the chance conversation. But, you...
Short Fiction – Hi-Tech Burnout
Not with a bang but a whimper T.S. Eliot The cities were the first to go when the robots took over. “For the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks,” said Gee Bee Tee. “You can run but you can’t hide,” came the response across the chasm. “A few of us...
The Sea Gull Blogs – Mendocino A Half Century Ago
Sea Gull Restaurant Stories© 2023 David Herstle Jones The Sea Gull Restaurant was a popular hangout in Mendocino during the 1970s and 80s. Lots of things happened there, good and bad. Think in the Morning has posted memories of several of these happenings in our...
What Might Be; What Is
I see things. Out of the corners of my eyes. Bears in the woods. Snakes in the grass. Spiders in my bed. Warnings. They aren’t really there. But, they might be. And that’s the point. Better to see what isn’t there than miss what is. The dead watch us. They are out...
Short Stories in situ
Unfinished Short Stories© 2023 David Herstle Jones Think in The Morning A list of short stories is posted below. These stories are unfinished. I am currently editing them. As they are edited they will be removed from this site and combined into a book to be...