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A Small Tweak That Could Go a Long Way: “Students give a test; teachers take a class.”
During my time teaching at Dexter Southfield, the visionary leader of the upper school frequently said, “Teachers don’t give students...
Colin Phelan
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Revisiting "The Coffeehouse" One Year Later
As we continue to grapple with and reel from the global pandemic, the world and its people seem to have entered a new era. Many global...
Colin Phelan
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The Local School - Teaser Location Number Two
The Local School Teaser Location Number Two During my time in India I researched in the National Archives of India, patching together the...
Colin Phelan
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The Local School - Teaser Location Number One
After Bajju delivered a few beaming salutations, we walked northward up the makeshift, winding path through protruding brush, not much...
Colin Phelan
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The Local School - Coming soon
I am proud to announce that within the next few months I will be publishing a book which I've titled “The Local School.” I've been...
Colin Phelan
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Out and Backs
Peacham, VT Out and backs Often stigmatized in the trekking Or walking worlds As some say: Why would anyone want to Walk the same path...
Colin Phelan
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In Desperate Need Of: A Coffeehouse
If interested in hearing audio file, please click on Spotify icon found on home page We need: A coffeehouse To: my generation, and the...
Colin Phelan
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From Chaturanga to Chess: Successful Cultural Transmission? Or Lost in Translation?
ST. LOUIS --- Still somewhat new to St. Louis after brief, unsuccessful stays in both New York and Miami, The World Chess Hall of Fame...
Colin Phelan
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RT: A Tryst With Death: Mother Nature in the Great Sand Dunes National Park
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Colin Phelan
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Zion NP: Lamb? Iodine? Whiskey? COVID-19? Burger King?
When I returned to the Las Vegas McCarran airport from the Zion Wilderness just 200 miles to the northeast, I broke down. Unlike early...
Colin Phelan
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RT: West Through Dwindled Prairie-lands; Herbert Hoover; Finding Wattles and Buffett in Omaha, NE
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Colin Phelan
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RT: West Across PA; Frank Lloyd; The Phoenix-like Comeback of the Windy City and Its Buildings
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Colin Phelan
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RT Preface
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Colin Phelan
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Finding Home: A forced excursion in sensitization (August, 2019)
One humid morning this summer I closed my eyes, listened to Kolkata’s sounds, and jot down this poem which I’ve since titled, “Kolkata’s...
Colin Phelan
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As Found in Allston, MA - S&I Thai
Three small tables, humbly nestled inside an atrium, wedged between the larger, in my opinion overwhelmingly huge markets of Brighton...
Colin Phelan
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Ever see this guy in Boston Common? - The Professor World Band plays more than just catchy music...
BOSTON, March 2020 – Perched-up in either the Boston Commons or one of Boston’s T-stops for most weekends of the year, Dan Friedman...
Colin Phelan
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In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
Did Truman Capote invent 'Narrative Journalism?'
Colin Phelan
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Sundays in Boston
Sundays in Boston Are all the things that are Sunday in Boston Making mom proud through protocol: Grab myself a charlie card, A bill - in...
Colin Phelan
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Mudras
“Why are you so interested in this?” Asks a Chinese man After I explain to him my desire To slip under the ropes And see the Gandharan...
Colin Phelan
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Blue House on Corey Road Pt. 2 - Summer 2019
I hadn’t forgotten about you. I vow to visit you once a month Until Boston and I go Our separate ways. I don’t know if you’ve been passed...
Colin Phelan
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Finding Courage?
A naive boy alone in India. I take my first steps Outside the "resort" And I don’t know if this here dog Is going to bite me. I have been...
Colin Phelan
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Complements
I gave her my order, She gave me a quarter, I gave her a “thank you” She gave me my coffee. I turned, to my right - clockwise, Grabbed a...
Colin Phelan
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St. Patricks Day
We celebrate St. Patricks day In the United States. When I say “we,” I mean most people, Including those Not of Irish ancestry. Isn’t it...
Colin Phelan
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The Blue House on Corey Road - Spring 2018
The Blue House on Corey Street. Allston, Mass. I wonder who lives in there. I wonder what their story is. I walk a little further, I walk...
Colin Phelan
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