Selfish Is As Selfish Does

 Once the leader of the free world, the city on a hill with morals and standards that engendered...

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

- William Blake

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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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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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