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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Martin Luther King Day 2017

Martin Luther King Day 2017

  Today we celebrate the life of an American hero.  One day is not enough.  I suggest you contemplate Dr. King's life and accomplishments throughout each year at moments that arise spontaneously whenever you are confronted with racism, sexism, or any other "ism"...

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President’s Day Thoughts

President’s Day Thoughts

  [click on blue links for further information]     As my friends and family know, I’m a bookhound.  I’m also an unabashed political freak/nerd/addict.  I’m no authority but I have watched every presidential election since Eisenhower versus Stevenson. ...

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Tre Piatti: Food and Art in Puerto Vallarta

Tre Piatti: Food and Art in Puerto Vallarta

  [please click on blue links for further information]   “Everything we do turns to shit in a few hours.”  James Larsen, owner, The Restaurant, Fort Bragg, CA     Tre Piatti is a regional Italian restaurant in the heart of the Zona Romantica in...

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Trompudo, A Literary Phenomena

Trompudo, A Literary Phenomena

  [Please click on blue links for further information]   “Donald Trump – a ludicrous figure, but at least he’s lived it up a bit in the real world and at least he’s worked out how to cover 90 per cent of his skull with 30 per cent of his hair … It always...

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Muriel’s Raicilla

Muriel’s Raicilla

[click on blue links for further information]   “Long ago my grandfather used a Canoe to cross the bay from Pizota to Sayulita or to Vallarta to sell it.”  Muriel Castillon   I first tasted Raicilla in 2010.  I was spending a few days with my family at...

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New Years 2017 Napkin Art Special

New Years 2017 Napkin Art Special

[click on blue links for further information]     First, a few facts about New Years: The date of New Year’s Day seems so fundamental that it’s almost as though nature ordained it. But New Year’s Day is a civil event. Its date isn’t precisely fixed by any...

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Some Optimistic Reads On Christmas Day 2016

Some Optimistic Reads On Christmas Day 2016

[click on blue links to read the article and for further information]   Pollyannish: A person regarded as being foolishly or blindly optimistic.  [after the heroine of the novel Pollyanna by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920), American writer “Never short...

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We Are The World

We Are The World

  During these coming holidays, let's remember that America IS Great.  Turn your speakers on, click on the link below and remember We Are The World.  Check your EGO at the door and listen all the way through.  Happy Holidays from Think in the Morning. CLICK HERE...

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Misery

Misery

[click on blue links for further information] Dickens Quotes courtesy of The Telegraph   "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen [pounds] nineteen [shillings] and six [pence], result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure...

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I Want To Write A History of Inequality

I Want To Write A History of Inequality

  [Click on the Blue Links for further information] Many years ago I studied inequality.  I delved into Gini ratios, the annual Current Population Surveys of the Census Bureau, and a number of distributional statistics all in a naïve attempt to answer two...

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Cellar Bar Napkin Art Christmas Special

Cellar Bar Napkin Art Christmas Special

  Think in the Morning is not a fan of Christmas.  The Scrooge portrayed by Dickens in A Christmas Carol has always seemed a bit of a wimp to us, relenting at the end because of a few silly ghosts.  However, we know that we are likely at the eccentric end of our...

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Sea Gull Cellar Bar Remembered

Sea Gull Cellar Bar Remembered

 This article was copied from the Mendocino Beacon, December 1976, just after the fire that destroyed the restaurant.  Unfortunately a portion of the article was lost.  Otherwise, it appears as it was published in the newspaper. Sea Gull Cellar Bar Rememberedby...

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