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Daniel Bolelli, Thomas Paine, and St. John of the Cross
As our Independence Day fades into the unsavory miasma of what proves to be an entertaining but disappointing Presidential election season, I find myself unable to let go of one of my all-time heroes, Tom Paine. Googling about in a fit of nostalgia for the “good ole...
Alebrijes Make Me Happy
A small child is taken to the zoo for the first time. This child may be any one of us or, to put it another way, we have been this child and have forgotten about it. In these grounds - these terrible grounds - the child sees living animals he has never before...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...