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Requiem for a Dreamer: Remembering Dennis Phelps

by John Broening

Aug 18, 2026
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Dennis Phelps was a dreamer; but he was the rare kind, the kind who always shows up at the exact time he promises to show up and who always does what he says he is going to do when he says he is going to do it.

His favorite story about his dad, an old hippie, was that he had attended Woodstock but had to leave a day early because he needed to be back in …

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