Only The Artists Can Fix It

 Many years ago during a local supervisors race I was tasked with developing a fundraiser for a...

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

- William Blake

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Buying A Suitcase In Oaxaca

Buying A Suitcase In Oaxaca

  [Click on BLUE LINKS for sources and information]   When we arrived at our B&B in Oaxaca at around midnight it was lightly raining.  After a quick check-in with our friend Juan, I was pulling our largest red suitcase across the courtyard and up a step...

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What is the Economic Impact of Natural Disasters?

What is the Economic Impact of Natural Disasters?

  [Click on BLUE LINKS for further information and sources]   It depends on what the meaning of “is” is.  Bill Clinton   [Note: Make sure to read the last paragraph all the way to the bottom.]   Before I was a restaurateur, before I was a financial...

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Between two Earthquakes

Between two Earthquakes

  [Click on Blue Links for more information]   If you want to help Oaxaca, visit the city.  Oaxaca is ready to welcome you.  You will help the locals and you will help yourself.   Think in the Morning found ourselves between the two giant earthquakes...

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Taking A Break

Taking A Break

  It has been a year and a half since I created Think in the Morning.  I have put up over 150 posts.  Many of the posts have been nostalgic memories of the Sea Gull Restaurant and Bar in Mendocino during the time I was the owner/operator.  Other posts include...

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Poems – 10

Poems – 10

  This is our tenth page of poems and art.  Think in the Morning posts a poem and a piece of napkin art produced in the old Sea Gull Cellar Bar every day on our Facebook Page.   Autumn Song Sarojini Naidu   Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow, The...

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Oaxaca Earthquake Damage Extensive: Urgent Support Needed

Oaxaca Earthquake Damage Extensive: Urgent Support Needed

  The recent earthquake in southern Mexico has resulted in the loss of hundreds of homes and dozens of lives.  One of the more dramatic sets of before and after pictures is of the government palace in Juchitan in the state of Oaxaca.       Think in...

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Independencia

Independencia

  September 16th, Mexican Independence Day, means little to the Americans living across the border, but like our July 4th it is a day celebrated across Mexico with parades, festivals, dances, and food.  On September 16th, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo, a Catholic priest,...

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Poem by Think in the Morning: Between the Days

Poem by Think in the Morning: Between the Days

  Between the Days Between the days that fill a life You jammed your youth into a socket With just a nerve to register Beneath some skin that fits a body Beneath some hair and sweat With just a nerve to register What, left unnoticed, moments passed. Between the...

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Poems – 9

Poems – 9

  As is our custom, this is the ninth posting of poems and napkin art first posted on our Think in the Morning Facebook page.   Private Alamo Tom Chandler   O'er the ramparts I watch you come gallantly streaming, buckskin cornlikker stinking of texas....

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Guest Post:  The Swan and the Sculptor by Mitchell Zucker

Guest Post: The Swan and the Sculptor by Mitchell Zucker

  Think in the Morning loves to post stories and articles by our friends.  This is the fourth story we have posted by Mitchell Zucker.  It is a beautiful story that we know you will enjoy.   Mitchell Zucker © 1990   A young sculptor was walking through...

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What About the Grandkids?

What About the Grandkids?

  I grew up in small town America and look back nostalgically at what I now know was a privileged and cherished childhood.  While I lived in a one-parent home and money was tight, I had everything I needed.  In spite of the rural agricultural landscape, I had...

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Poems – 8

Poems – 8

  [Click on BLUE LINK for more information]   Think in the Morning posts a poem with a sample of napkin art on our Facebook Page every day.  This is the 9th post on our website of accumulated poems.  Other poems and links can be found HERE:  Poems - 7  ...

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