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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Think in the Morning – Splat in the Afternoon

Think in the Morning – Splat in the Afternoon

  [Click on BLUE links for more information]   A few months ago I was climbing down a rickety ladder from a loft in my house with a box of files precariously balanced on one hand, the other hand guiding me down the wobbly rungs of the ladder.  My...

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Tell Me Again, Why Is It Called Happy Hour

Tell Me Again, Why Is It Called Happy Hour

  [Click on BLUE links for further information]   Dedicated to the Sea Gull Cellar Bar staff Don Andrews, Bob Avery, Dick Barham, Bill Bradd, Allison Browne, JoAnne Clark, Bruce Clawson, Terry Johnson, Nancy Cragin (Milano), Janet Morris, Becky Dodds, Gary...

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Poems – 7

Poems – 7

  [Click on BLUE links for further information]     Think in the Morning posts a poem and a selection of Napkin Art every day on our Facebook Page (search for @ThinkintheMorning).  This is the 7th group that we have consolidated on this blog. Poems – 1...

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Harold Robinson Revisited

Harold Robinson Revisited

  [Click on BLUE links for further information]   One of the enjoyable consequences of writing this blog is the comments I get. Of course, I also get a lot of spam. Since inception I have received on my website 2818 spam comments and 357 legitimate comments....

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The Downside of Inheritance

The Downside of Inheritance

  Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?   Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.  Barry Switzer   “Money isn’t everything,” said my mother, “but it...

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Poems – 6

Poems – 6

  [Click on BLUE links for further information]     On Think in the Morning Facebook page we post a poem every day with a selection of Sea Gull Cellar Bar Napkin Art or a photo. To receive these daily poems and napkin art on Facebook, “Like” our...

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Guest Post:  The Parolee by Mitchell Zucker © 1979

Guest Post: The Parolee by Mitchell Zucker © 1979

[Click on BLUE links for further information]   THINK IN THE MORNING COMMENT:  When I turned seventy and retired, I decided to do only what I wanted to do.  No more doing what I thought I should do or what others thought I should do.  Others includes both family...

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Goodbye Bob Avery

Goodbye Bob Avery

  [Click on BLUE links for more information}     Bob Avery was many things to many people.  I knew him best as a friend, an artist, and a bartender.  We spent many late nights after hours in the Sea Gull Cellar Bar philosophizing.  Once, accompanied by...

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Poem by Think in the Morning: My Ph.D. in Bussing Tables

Poem by Think in the Morning: My Ph.D. in Bussing Tables

  [Click on BLUE links for further information]   Reaching across table.  Grasping empty plate.  Carrying armfuls of dishes piled high, food scraps, silverware.  Vanishing.  Returning.  Cleaning table.  Setting up.  Next customer.  Invisible.  Ignored....

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Poems – 5

Poems – 5

  [Click on BLUE links for more information]   On Think in the Morning Facebook page we post a poem every day with a selection of Sea Gull Cellar Bar Napkin Art or a photo.  To receive these daily poems and napkin art on Facebook, "Like" our Facebook page....

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The Coffee Shop

The Coffee Shop

[Click on BLUE text to link to more information]   “We’re poets and we drink coffee!” (attributed to Roberto Bolaño in The Savage Detectives)   The word “coffee” appears 71 times in the The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño. It's reasonable to think that...

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