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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…

3 min readJan 15, 2021

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Bowel salvation on a nutrition label

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Colin Hickey

Picking pumpkins on Monsoon Sunday

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

3 min readOct 31, 2019

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Picking pumpkins on Monsoon Sunday

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Colin Hickey

What I Learned by Ditching My Earbuds

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

5 min readAug 8, 2019

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What I Learned by Ditching My Earbuds

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Colin Hickey

This is Us — Cancer Edition

“Very worrisome.”

5 min readJul 28, 2019

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This is Us — Cancer Edition

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Colin Hickey

I Walked on Mars

Now it’s time to return to the red planet

3 min readJul 21, 2019

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I Walked on Mars

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Colin Hickey

The Mega Monster in the classroom

Caffeine and sugar are consuming our young people

4 min readJul 16, 2019

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The Mega Monster in the classroom

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Colin Hickey

A break in the relationship

For a cyclist, a broken collarbone means life without biking

4 min readJul 15, 2019

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A break in the relationship

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Colin Hickey

Meet the creature that defies convention

A tortoise flips the pet paradigm

3 min readJul 9, 2019

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Meet the creature that defies convention

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The Startup

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…

4 min readJun 30, 2019

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Colin Hickey

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…

3 min readJun 29, 2019

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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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