Robert Todd Felton's Blog

• Walking with Thoreau

  August 8, 2008

  • I finished my work sooner than expected yesterday and so was able to join my wife and a <!--brea
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• Put Your Walking Shoes On

  July 31, 2008

  • Last week, my two sons ran screaming into the house because they had seen the UPS truck in our driveway upon returning from a friend's house.  No, it was not a new Wii game for their birthdays<

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• Lesson Plan Learning

  July 28, 2008

  • I am finally getting to start a project that I have had in mind since I started my first b

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• Remarks from the Poetry in the Garden event at the Emily Dickinson Museum

  July 21, 2008

  • I want to start by thanking all of you for coming out on a lovely Sunday afternoon to spend some time with me.

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• A blooming good time

  July 18, 2008

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    This past Sunday, I had the extreme honor of speaking at the Emily Dickinson museum as part of their "Poetry in the Garden" series.

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• What I am Looking At

  July 3, 2008

  • By the time I am writing this, the skies overhead are a denim blue, the far hills have mov

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• Singing for Synge

  June 18, 2008

  • I just received a very nice note from Leondard Doyle of www.aran-isles.com about my two-part blog piece about researching Jo
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• Irish Slide Show Up

  June 18, 2008

  • Well, for lack of a good video camera (and the ability to edit), I have put together a slide show of images from A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival. I'm pretty happy with how it turne
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• Burning Down the House: A Review of Brock Clarke's AN ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITER'S HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND

  June 16, 2008

  • Shortly after my book, A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England, came o

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• Go Transcendental for a Day

  June 6, 2008

  • Are there times when the frenetic rush of urban life makes your head want to explode?

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• My Kingdom for a Camera

  June 4, 2008

  • So it has come to this.  My publisher has asked for two short video clips to help promote A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England and A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revi

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• To the Edge of Europe in Search of Synge -- Part II

  May 29, 2008

  • In the morning, I set out to visit their cottage, which has recently been renovated and reopened as a Synge museum. When I get there, however, everything is locked up tight.
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• To the Edge of Europe in Search of Synge -- Part I

  May 28, 2008

  • The boat heaves and tosses in the grey water.
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• A New Day, A New Week...and the same task

  May 27, 2008

  • Well, hooray!  My blog from last week on visiting literary sites caught the attention of Red Room and catapaulted me to the front page.  That's great, and I've got some great things planned for t

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• What I Meant to Say

  May 23, 2008

  • Well, I am still going through the page proofs for Walking Boston.  I have left indexing for a moment to just work on proofing the pages.

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