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Inside the Hologram
[Click on the BLUE links for sources and further information] The Vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my Vision’s Greatest Enemy. Thine has a great hook nose like thine; Mine has a snub nose like to mine. Thine is the friend of All Mankind; Mine speaks in...
Loving Animals in Their Proper Place
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] There is at least one thing I agree on with Donald Trump: “Donald was not a dog fan.” As a Godless liberal and unrepentant elitist, I have no plans (nor does Donald) to add a pet to my family in...
Imagination and Reason in the Time of Tragedy: Lao Tzu, Voltaire, Blake, Camus, and Marquez
[Click on BLUE link for sources and further information] “It is certainly the day of judgment,” said Candide. [Candide, or The Optimist by Voltaire] Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau William Blake Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....