A tiny toad appeared like a living clump of good soil among the wildflowers under the porch gutter. It charmed us!
A monarch butterfly zigged and zagged at the overgrown …
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Mike Fink
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9/7/17
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Trees have spoken to me pretty much all my life: Every day is Tu B’Shevat to me!
Yeah, I learned from poems, even Joyce Kilmer’s famous lines, which turned into the lyrics to the …
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Mike Fink
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2/2/24
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She was a fabulous personality! My mother called her, affectionately, a courtesan. I was awestruck by her performance as Jane Avril in “Moulin Rouge” – John …
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Mike Fink
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4/7/17
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Twelve has always been my lucky number. I was born on the 12th of the 12th, and I live at number 12 in the winter and in my summer cabin as well.
Among the dozen tribes of Israel, I …
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Mike Fink
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12/3/20
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“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends.” – Shakespeare. I had been trying for years to cross paths with the “divine .” Well, destiny recently brought me pretty close to that dream. I had a cup of coffee with her great-niece at a Swedish café in Providence.
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Mike Fink
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2/28/19
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“Humanity is a tree of the field,” declares Deuteronomy. There was an old song that sighed, “Spring will be a little late this year.” (I think it meant, “she said no.”) In Israel, despite last month’s snowstorm, spring comes a little …
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Mike Fink
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1/3/14
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It’s such a big book, how can you “teach” it in a single semester? My art students at the Rhode Island School of Design put most of their talents and efforts into the studio world, not the classroom realm of ideas.
It’s hard …
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Mike Fink
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12/25/15
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Dopey was my favorite dwarf until recently. But now it’s Grumpy who appeals to me. My next purchase will be socks that proudly declare that I’m a grouchy grandpa.
To begin: I …
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Mike Fink
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3/6/22
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The numbers on our street don’t make obvious sense: our house hides in plain view. When those trucks bearing cartons have a delivery for number 12, the drivers give up in despair and …
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Mike Fink
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5/27/18
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Once upon a time it was tobacco that told your life story. A cigar if you sought success, or found it, even briefly. A pipe for contemplation or peaceful philosophizing in an …
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Mike Fink
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7/3/20
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