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The Minute Particulars
Think in the Morning thanks Lindell Stacy-Horton for her contribution to this post. He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars. General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer; William Blake, Jerusalem The...
Poem by Think in the Morning: The Man in the Zocalo
The mind is restless. It never sleeps. Thoughts skip across the surface Like flat rocks on a lake Sink to the bottom Into darkness and mud. A man traipsed the square leaning on his walker Straw hat. Wide brim. Khaki pants. Plaid shirt Covered with...
The Complexity of Hypocrisy in the Age of Donald Trump
Dante and Virgil, on the right, watch the hypocrites, wearing lead-lined cloaks, filing past the high priest Caiaphas, who is nailed to a cross on the ground. Caiaphas was the priest who said that Christ should die. Each hypocrite steps on Caiaphas as he passes....
The Medium is the Message: David Wallace, Marshall McLuhan, Delarosa Redux
[click on blue links for further information] The brilliant author, David Wallace, gave a commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005 with the title This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life. ...
Calm Down and Shut Up: The Politics of Lao Tzu
[click on blue links for further information] NOTE: All translations of Lao Tzu are from Ursula Le Guin or Witter Bynner unless otherwise noted. You might say that I’ve been a mess of emotions since the November election. The candidate that I least...
Short Fiction: El Chapo
Today's News: Drug lord 'El Chapo' extradited to the U.S. I wrote this one year ago while in Puerto Vallarta. Gotta Do It “Listen Guzman, we gotta do it. We gotta build a wall. Those Americans are flocking down here, drunks, fat people, cheapskates and...
Bonehead Economics: Things to Know in the Era of Trompudo
[click on BLUE links for more details or information] "Start with the idea that you can't repeal the laws of economics. Even if they are inconvenient." Lawrence Summers My brother was eight years older, and I idolized him. When he went away to...
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"...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...