by Think In The Morning | Feb 17, 2017 | Mexico, Words |
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...
by Think In The Morning | Feb 1, 2017 | More |
[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. ...
by Think In The Morning | Oct 3, 2016 | Mexico |
Written over fifteen years ago, Oliver Sacks’ Oaxaca Journal is still one of the best books for visitors to Oaxaca. I was confused to read that one reviewer thinks that: “Sacks did not go into the depth I might have expected based on the insight he displayed in...
by Think In The Morning | Sep 9, 2016 | Mexico |
It was Mark Twain who said “truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.” Mark Twain could have been speaking about Clifford Irving’s Howard Hughes hoax that’s based on a true adventure. Anyone...
by Think In The Morning | Sep 6, 2016 | Mexico |
The executioner lifts the macuahuitl and points it toward the sky. Donaji lays on the stone altar, her neck extended, slightly bent, fully exposed to the powerful thrust she knows is to come. She is a Zapotec Princess, the last. She will give her life for her...
