We Rhode Islanders revere the reverie of piracy. The dream of adventure and romance on the high seas, with a focus on the concept of buried treasure chests just beneath the sandbars at our …
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Mike Fink
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2/3/23
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“Denmark: A Photographer’s Odyssey” is a treasure of a book by our native son Marshall H. Cohen, a handsome volume printed by Narayana Press in Denmark and available locally at the Brown University Bookstore or by email …
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Mike Fink
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8/6/15
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No, not the brush or charcoal, nor the chisel and even no camera! I just use that ancient invention, the scissors. I may cut out one square from the funnies, or I trim an old photo snapshot to focus …
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Mike Fink
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6/1/23
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We got down to our wee place in Middlebridge, in South Kingstown, a bit late this season, but I am making the most of these weeks before Labor Day.
I seek out my neighborhood cohorts of summers …
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Mike Fink
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9/1/23
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I read too much meaning in everything, I know it.
So, I am searching for the significance of one single blossom, which I am eyeing to pluck and put in a vase to stare at come breakfast, …
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Mike Fink
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7/4/22
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I first set foot in Israel during its Bar Mitzvah year, and since then, I have identified with the maturity of its status. I wrote about that visit and voyage for the Rhode Island School of …
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Mike Fink
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3/4/21
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My all-time favorite part of Passover comes at the close of the seder: the singing of “Chad Gadya.”
You know the lyrics: A father pays two zuzim for “one little goat”; a …
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Mike Fink
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4/1/22
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Through amazon.com – not a bookstore – I was able to access “The ‘Normal’ Child,” the self-published autobiography of an old acquaintance, Cindy Halpern. …
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Mike Fink
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4/19/18
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I don’t “Google.” Instead, I pick up a book from any of the many bookshelves in my various abodes. There are even volumes at the dump I take home and treasure!
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Mike Fink
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9/16/16
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