That old coastal postal road along the way to the Towers in Narragansett: it sums up the history of South County, as it is commonly called in the towns with their wee shopping centers.
Once in a while during antique auto shows, I spot a very early motorized fire engine, an elegant miniature marvel! Or a fine roadster proudly maintained by its current chauffeur, who drives the sporty masterpiece of yore.
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Mike Fink
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7/5/19
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I drove down Broad Street to the entrance to the Roger Williams Park Zoo to meet up with zookeeper Jeremy Goodman, and to discuss Torah with him, before Shabbat and on the brink of Pesach. …
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Mike Fink
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5/2/19
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Jacob Lawrence painted and illustrated the great migration of the African-American population, from south of the Mason-Dixon line northward and eastward, in a noted series currently on …
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Mike Fink
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4/4/19
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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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It ain’t easy being a liberal arts teacher at a design school. What you try to convey is an introduction to cultural concerns, or perhaps an invitation to use critical and appreciative …
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Mike Fink
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1/31/19
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It used to be that documentaries didn’t draw crowds to cinemas, but that’s changed. Now they’re often the best surprises of the year.
This past year, I …
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Mike Fink
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1/10/19
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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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Boys of my generation pretty much stayed put. We invented the idea of “staycation,” if not the word itself. Tires and gas were rationed, and even train travel was reserved for GIs. …
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Mike Fink
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10/25/18
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I guess this year I’m going to claim Sukkot as my favorite holiday. We didn’t observe it when I was a boy, but when my own children were growing up, I rediscovered this …
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Mike Fink
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9/20/18
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I’d been planning this project for many a season – a poetic pilgrimage, a mission impossible – to visit the graves of two heroic Scandinavian figures who left no legacy in ash …
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Mike Fink
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9/7/18
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