The New Academic Scribblers

 When I studied economics (a lifetime ago), I actually read The General Theory of Employment,...

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

- William Blake

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Off With Their Heads

Off With Their Heads

UPDATE June 21:  I want to express my full support for the eloquent words of Lila Downs: "Violence provokes more violence. Why provoke with confrontation and repression? If we have the same preoccupations: better education, respect toward students, respect toward...

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Poem by Think in the Morning: Mole

Poem by Think in the Morning: Mole

  Scoop up a handful of dust From where you’re standing. Let it slip through your fingers.   Dig a little deeper, Into the loamy Dark chocolate of the topsoil.   Deeper still.   You will see the ochre, Yellows, browns, reds, and purples, In the...

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New Years at The Sea Gull 1975

New Years at The Sea Gull 1975

The post below was transcribed from My Bag by Joe Fitzpatrick published in the Monterey Peninsula Herald on Friday, January 10, 1975.   Mendocino in the 1970s was a different place than it is today.  Things moved at a slower pace.  The article describes accurately but...

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Music At The Sea Gull

Music At The Sea Gull

Music at the Sea Gull is an ongoing post that will be updated periodically as new material becomes available.  If you have stories or photos to share, please send them to dhj@thinkinthemorning.com. Origin of Music When Orpheus caressed the strings of the lyre, the oak...

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Poem by Think in the Morning: Basket Case

Poem by Think in the Morning: Basket Case

Their lives did not turn out Like they planned.   L was successful But unhappy.   By most measures S had excelled But her success made her afraid.   Nearly everyone thought G was a colossal failure Except for G.   According to Conventional wisdom...

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Lella

Lella

Lella Doherty operated a large farm near the small town in the Sacramento Valley where I grew up.  She was an independent woman, lived alone, and had an intimidating demeanor.  I worked at the local grocery store.  One of my jobs was to deliver her orders.  She did a...

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The Sea Gull Saga — Part 2

The Sea Gull Saga — Part 2

    In October and November of 1995, Mike L. Evans wrote The Sea Gull Saga, a two part series for The Mendonesian, a local Mendocino publication.  Part 2 of the series is transcribed below.  Pictures were copied from a variety of sources including the...

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The Sea Gull Saga Part 1

The Sea Gull Saga Part 1

    In October and November of 1995, Mike L. Evans wrote The Sea Gull Saga, a two part series for The Mendonesian, a local Mendocino publication.  Part 1 of the series is transcribed below.  Some of the original pictures in the article were not usable....

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The New Pied Piper of the Sea Gull

The New Pied Piper of the Sea Gull

[Article transcribed from the Mendocino Beacon, June 2, 1977, Pat McKay author)       James Maxwell is one of several local artists and craftspersons to donate pieces to the new Mendocino Sea Gull restaurant and Cellarbar which re-opens Monday for...

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Gurus and Geeks

Gurus and Geeks

[First published in the Real Estate Magazine, April 1998, revised 2016]   I obtained the following definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary: GEEK:  A carnival performer whose act usually consists of biting the head off a live chicken or snake. GURU:  A...

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What A Teacher Can Do

What A Teacher Can Do

To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour William Blake, Auguries of Innocence Pierce High School in Arbuckle, California is not the kind of place you would expect a young boy to...

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Fire !

Fire !

A typical winter day: cold, clear, calm, quiet.  I walked downstairs from the bedroom in the house next to the restaurant, the historic Jacob Stauer House.   In the kitchen below, I looked out the window into the garden behind the Inn.  There wasn’t much left of the...

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