Mike Fink
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A neighbor, an “aunt,” a second cousin, a friend, a companion: Who, and what, to me, was Edith?
She lived on my street, uphill at a corner, and was related to me on both my …
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Mike Fink
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5/6/22
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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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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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I grew up with “1001 Famous Poems,” a leather-bound collection of verses that was a gift from a school librarian to my dad. The volume contained an ode by Sir Walter Scott to the …
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Mike Fink
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2/6/22
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Once upon a long time ago, in my boyhood, we burned firewood on our hearth here at home. Especially on Sunday evenings.
We boys gathered sticks as kindling from the fallen branches of the …
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Mike Fink
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1/10/22
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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, while …
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Mike Fink
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12/4/21
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He strolled around the block and noted the trees, the bugs, the birds and the beasts, and he kept a journal of seasonal surprises or reassurances. Scott J. Turner then turned his observations into a …
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Mike Fink
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11/7/21
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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 …
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Mike Fink
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10/9/21
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Our new year and Sukkot come early this year, since we are a moon community, not sun-worshippers.
The moon is our neighbor, a pale pal fairly easy to reach in this century.
That’s my …
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Mike Fink
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9/6/21
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I’ve been trying to collect a few fine moments from this summer – with the pleasant prospect that August may add to my treasures.
We spent an early June weekend in Chatham, on Cape …
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Mike Fink
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8/5/21
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