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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Poems – 4

Poems – 4

  Most days on our Think in the Morning Facebook page and on our @ThinkInTheMorn Twitter page we post a poem.  Usually I also post information on the poet on my David Herstle Jones Facebook page.  If you want to read these daily poems, please visit our Facebook...

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Rebuild Part II: The New Sea Gull Restaurant

Rebuild Part II: The New Sea Gull Restaurant

NOTE:  All black and white pictures in this post are courtesy of  Mendocino photographer Nicholas Wilson.  Many of the pictures were only available in contact prints that were filed away years ago.  We did our best to make them visible.  Thank you Nicholas Wilson for...

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Guest Post: Raven Man by Mitchell Zucker

Guest Post: Raven Man by Mitchell Zucker

  Think in the Morning occasionally offers Guest Posts that we think our readers will enjoy.  Raven Man is a short story by Mitchell Zucker.   RAVEN MAN by Mitchell Zucker   Uncle Dean's not my real uncle but he might just as well be. He’s the old guy...

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Poems – 3

Poems – 3

  Think in the Morning tries to post a poem on our Facebook page every morning.  Often the poem has a connection to those early hours when we are most productive.  The poems need not be the "best" work of the chosen poet, but they must move us in a special way....

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Fire Redux

Fire Redux

  Photographs of the Sea Gull Fire by David John Russell, courtesy of his son David P. Russell.  David P. Russell contributed greatly to this blog entry.  Think in the Morning appreciates his time and concern and advice.   The Sea Gull Restaurant and Cellar...

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Poems – 2

Poems – 2

  Think in the Morning continues to believe in the importance of reading a poem every day.  If you "Like" our Facebook page, you will see a poem posted there every day.  We collected our first two weeks of selected poems in Poems - 1.  This is the second in what...

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Tough Love

Tough Love

  The stories I will tell now are true or mostly true.  I’ve changed the names and taken some liberty with the details.  There are things you need to know.  It isn’t easy to tell anyone that they are living in an illusion, that they have unrealistic expectations,...

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Guest Post: A Little on the Small Side – Gil Gevins

Guest Post: A Little on the Small Side – Gil Gevins

  Here is another post from my Puerto Vallarta compadre Gil Gevins.  If you like this you should definitely check out his books (see below). And, if you travel to Puerto Vallarta, be sure to visit Lucy's CuCu.  For those of you not familiar with the airport in...

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Poems – 1

Poems – 1

  Most days you can visit @Thinkinthemorning on Facebook and view a poem we've chosen to start the morning.  We have assembled some of the poems posted thus far.  We will post a additional pages of poems from time to time. Most Americans don’t encounter poetry in...

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The Watchful Eyes of the Censors

The Watchful Eyes of the Censors

  [Click on BLUE links for further information]   “Where they burn books, so too will they in the end burn human beings.” Heinrich Heine, Almansor     Censorship has many faces: burning books, burning witches, burning heretics.  While not as...

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Guest Post: A Chicken is a Chicken is a Chicken – Gil Gevins

Guest Post: A Chicken is a Chicken is a Chicken – Gil Gevins

  As a financial adviser I always told my clients diversification was a wise policy.  In the spirit of diversification I've teamed up with my good friend Gil Gevins from Puerto Vallarta to provide some spice to my enchiladas.  I'll be posting a few of his pieces...

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Jesus Mezcal and the Easter Bunny

Jesus Mezcal and the Easter Bunny

  [Click on BLUE links for more information}       Capitalism and Christianity make strange bedfellows.  To anyone, especially any Christian, who doubts this I would say:  read some of Tolstoy’s essays such as My Religion.  Tolstoy had many faults...

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