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A little less ‘progress’ would do us a world of good

Our collective human problem is not how to save the planet for us ... but rather from us! We must back off from “civilizing” the poor troubled planet, and leave some space to … more

Mike Fink | 10/31/19

Cousin Joel – gone, but not forgotten

“Please call me: I have something to tell you about your cousin Joel.” came upon this voice mail in my office at the Rhode Island School of Design, which serves as a sociable salon for student conferences, colleague conversations, and, mostly and primarily, the home for my vast collection of memorabilia from past classes, and books, and photographs. more

Mike Fink | 4/5/20

The simple, kindly courtesy of ‘Middlebridge’

I spend the summer months in a magical realm I call “Middlebridge” – it sounds like a mythical place resembling the title of an English novel of long ago, but it is a plain and … more

Mike Fink | 10/9/21

We make our own Eden

“Frenchman’s Creek” has “gotten’ to be a habit with me,” in the phrase from an old song. I know the turning of the roads around the creek with the fountain and the golf-cart traffic at the curves. more

Mike Fink | 12/19/13

The importance of things both great and small

I was born in the first year of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency. “This generation has a rendezvous with destiny” he declared in one of his fireside chats. I was … more

Mike Fink | 2/15/18

A seasonal salute to the Braudes

I like to link all our holidays, major and minor, to the seasons of each year and to our life in general. As sure as the months rush by like traffic on Route 95, Hanukkah is coming, and I look … more

Mike Fink | 11/9/17

Snapshot of the magical frog in the pond behind the inn in Vermont.

As time goes by – a look in both directions

Almost like the other new year on the secular calendar, we look backward as well as forward in the “What I did this summer” back-to-school essay assignment. We drove … more

Mike Fink | 9/13/19

Pondering Poe and more

“It was in the bleak December and each separate dying ember cast its spell” … Edgar Allan Poe described the 12th month in such phrases. His elaborate verse has been recognized in France especially. He was translated by none other than the … more

Mike Fink | 12/18/14

Chance meeting leads to a September song

They cut a fine figure and make a handsome pair – like a couple from a classic play or movie. Patricia is a painter with a studio in the Hope Artiste Village and is a distinguished member of the Providence Art Club. Jim has been a Realtor around … more

Mike Fink | 8/28/14

The life and luck of Jim Weiss – and how he found his promised land

It wasn’t quite an ideal day for a cruise in Newport, but somehow it worked out splendidly. Patricia and her daughter, Liza, memorialized the life and the romance of Jim Weiss aboard the Rum … more

Mike Fink | 6/9/17