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Here’s hoping that one or more of the customs of Lag B’Omer fit my past, present and planned projects. It’s a holiday known for bonfires and weddings and ... haircuts.
Once upon …
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Mike Fink
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4/9/21
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We met for coffee to discuss her book, its past and its future. She handed me an advance copy of “Eavesdropping in Oberammergau”: a black and white cover photograph of a cliff and …
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Mike Fink
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6/24/16
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The first matinee at the Providence Place Cinema on a very rainy day. I dislike the lower parking garage, I can’t figure out how to get in and out, so what do I do? I leave my car at …
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Mike Fink
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5/11/17
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Felix Mendelssohn meant June 21 when he composed the music for the fairytale drama, “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” He was referring to the season’s equinox, not the midpoint; rather, the high acme of the season for lofty hopes.
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Mike Fink
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6/21/13
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Esther Safran Foer has written what she calls a “post-Holocaust memoir,” titled “I Want You to Know We’re Still Here.”
I teach a book that her son Jonathan wrote …
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Mike Fink
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2/5/21
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One of the pleasures of passing beyond the security of the middle years allotted to us is giving full voice to your petty grievances with hopes that they will be listened to, respected, even …
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Mike Fink
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12/20/18
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Poets praise folly, perhaps to protect their art form from harsh assaults. Poets praise folly, perhaps to protect their art form from harsh assaults.
I have excerpted a few lyrical …
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Mike Fink
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4/5/24
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It’s from Shakespeare, but I drag it out to describe my dilemma in the voting booth. A plague on both your houses! Along with a feh! The Republicans are right as rain when it comes to issues about Israel. Strangely, the right gets …
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Mike Fink
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4/23/15
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1938 hurricane: I was in kindergarten. Front window broke, lamp fell on floor. Through grammar school, Depression ended, war began. Sixth grade: FDR died, V-E Day. Junior high: GI uncles and cousins came home. War …
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Mike Fink
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1/16/15
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I’ve been going around saying “bad photos are better than good ones.” Now, what do I mean by that?
Well, I came across piles of pictures my dad had taken, from a distance, …
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Mike Fink
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12/4/21
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