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This is where you will find short stories, personal essays, and guest posts. Family and friends and the ordinary business of life are the inspiration for this section.
Poems – 6
[Click on BLUE links for further information] On Think in the Morning Facebook page we post a poem every day with a selection of Sea Gull Cellar Bar Napkin Art or a photo. To receive these daily poems and napkin art on Facebook, “Like” our...
Guest Post: The Parolee by Mitchell Zucker © 1979
[Click on BLUE links for further information] THINK IN THE MORNING COMMENT: When I turned seventy and retired, I decided to do only what I wanted to do. No more doing what I thought I should do or what others thought I should do. Others includes both family...
Guest Post: Once Upon A Time In The Pigmy Forest by Mitchell Zucker
[Click on BLUE links for further information] Mitchell Zucker © 2017 Second place winner California State Parks and Mendocino Study Club, Pygmy Forest Story Contest, Sept. 10, 2016. The rules called for the story to begin: “Once Upon a Time in the Pygmy...
Poems – 5
[Click on BLUE links for more information] On Think in the Morning Facebook page we post a poem every day with a selection of Sea Gull Cellar Bar Napkin Art or a photo. To receive these daily poems and napkin art on Facebook, "Like" our Facebook page....
Poems – 4
Most days on our Think in the Morning Facebook page and on our @ThinkInTheMorn Twitter page we post a poem. Usually I also post information on the poet on my David Herstle Jones Facebook page. If you want to read these daily poems, please visit our Facebook...
Guest Post: Raven Man by Mitchell Zucker
Think in the Morning occasionally offers Guest Posts that we think our readers will enjoy. Raven Man is a short story by Mitchell Zucker. RAVEN MAN by Mitchell Zucker Uncle Dean's not my real uncle but he might just as well be. He’s the old guy...
Poems – 3
Think in the Morning tries to post a poem on our Facebook page every morning. Often the poem has a connection to those early hours when we are most productive. The poems need not be the "best" work of the chosen poet, but they must move us in a special way....
Poems – 2
Think in the Morning continues to believe in the importance of reading a poem every day. If you "Like" our Facebook page, you will see a poem posted there every day. We collected our first two weeks of selected poems in Poems - 1. This is the second in what...
Guest Post: A Little on the Small Side – Gil Gevins
Here is another post from my Puerto Vallarta compadre Gil Gevins. If you like this you should definitely check out his books (see below). And, if you travel to Puerto Vallarta, be sure to visit Lucy's CuCu. For those of you not familiar with the airport in...
Poems – 1
Most days you can visit @Thinkinthemorning on Facebook and view a poem we've chosen to start the morning. We have assembled some of the poems posted thus far. We will post a additional pages of poems from time to time. Most Americans don’t encounter poetry in...
Guest Post: A Chicken is a Chicken is a Chicken – Gil Gevins
As a financial adviser I always told my clients diversification was a wise policy. In the spirit of diversification I've teamed up with my good friend Gil Gevins from Puerto Vallarta to provide some spice to my enchiladas. I'll be posting a few of his pieces...
Ethical Optimism and Integrity: Richard Henry Dana Jr.
[Click on BLUE links for further information] Ever since I was left somewhat alone, without gods, I have been a ferocious believer in the power of small coincidences. That is how chance works, at least for those of us who do not have the certainty of...