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Colin Hickey

Bowel salvation on a nutrition label

Bowel distress haunted me. At any time, it would come quickly, unpredictably, and powerfully, forcing me to get to the bathroom before the…

Jan 15, 2021

Bowel salvation on a nutrition label

Jan 15, 2021

Picking pumpkins on Monsoon Sunday

It’s funny what a sharp carving knife and a seedy goal can do for your state of mind.

Oct 31, 2019

Picking pumpkins on Monsoon Sunday

Oct 31, 2019

What I Learned by Ditching My Earbuds

I’m learning to walk without wires — but it’s strange.

Aug 8, 2019

What I Learned by Ditching My Earbuds

Aug 8, 2019

This is Us — Cancer Edition

“Very worrisome.”

Jul 28, 2019

This is Us — Cancer Edition

Jul 28, 2019

I Walked on Mars

Now it’s time to return to the red planet

Jul 21, 2019

I Walked on Mars

Jul 21, 2019

The Mega Monster in the classroom

Caffeine and sugar are consuming our young people

Jul 16, 2019

The Mega Monster in the classroom

Jul 16, 2019

A break in the relationship

For a cyclist, a broken collarbone means life without biking

Jul 15, 2019

A break in the relationship

Jul 15, 2019

Meet the creature that defies convention

A tortoise flips the pet paradigm

Jul 9, 2019

Meet the creature that defies convention

Jul 9, 2019

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Real Americans don’t nap

My cushioned glider chair looked especially enticing that day at school. I was tired, and it was my prep period. I could lock my door…

Jun 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

My $1,830 butt exam

I debated seeing a proctologist. I mean I had dealt with hemorrhoids before and survived. But that was many years ago and now, given I am…

Jun 29, 2019

Jun 29, 2019

Colin Hickey

Colin Hickey

Writing is what I do. I started as a journalist, working at a daily newspaper in Maine for 20 years, and now I’m an English teacher, specializing in writing.

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