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About paulefallon

Greetings reader. I am a writer, architect, cyclist and father from Cambridge, MA. My primary blog, theawkwardpose.com is an archive of all my published writing. The title refers to a sequence of three yoga positions that increase focus and build strength by shifting the body’s center of gravity. The objective is balance without stability. My writing addresses opposing tension in our world, and my attempt to find balance through understanding that opposition. During 2015-2106 I am cycling through all 48 mainland United States and asking the question "How will we live tomorrow?" That journey is chronicled in a dedicated blog, www.howwillwelivetomorrw.com, that includes personal writing related to my adventure as well as others' responses to my question. Thank you for visiting.

Trip Log – Day 250 – North Kingstown, RI to Mansfield, CT

Posted on 07/15/2016 by paulefallon

  July 12, 2016 – Clouds, 75 degrees Miles Today: 63 Miles to Date: 12,770 States to Date: 33 I thought today was going to be about hills, but it turned out to be about Pokémon Go and Rumanian moonshine. … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 249 – Berkley, MA to North Kingstown, RI

Posted on 07/14/2016 by paulefallon

July 11, 2016 – Clouds, 80 degrees Miles Today: 47 Miles to Date: 12,707 States to Date: 32  I enjoyed another fifteen miles of bucolic Southeast Massachusetts before landing – kerplunk – on the hot streets of East Providence, a … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 248 – Onset, MA to Berkley, MA

Posted on 07/13/2016 by paulefallon

  July 10, 2016 – Clouds, 60 degrees Miles Today: 36 Miles to Date: 12,660 States to Date: 31 Southeast Massachusetts is probably the least appreciated sector of my home state. Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton are often considered … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 247 – Cambridge, MA to Onset, MA

Posted on 07/12/2016 by paulefallon

July 9, 2016 – Clouds, 60 degrees Miles Today: 68 Miles to Date: 12,644 States to Date: 31   It doesn’t take long on a bike to get out of the community you inhabit and come upon a different sensibility. … Continue reading →

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On the Road Again

Posted on 07/11/2016 by paulefallon

Four months and change after my altercation with a Porsche, I am back on the road, spinning a route that is basically the reverse of what I planned, though shorter in order to try and complete the circuit before the … Continue reading →

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Cliff Notes: Rio Zika, by Michael Crichton

Posted on 07/08/2016 by paulefallon

Dystopian novel set in the near future, written by Michael Crichton before his death in 2008. Billions of mosquitos bearing the zika virus proliferate in Rio de Janeiro coincident with the Olympic Games. The finest human specimens from all corners … Continue reading →

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Make Mass Violence History

Posted on 07/06/2016 by paulefallon

When I was eight years old, in 1963, I gave my parents an ashtray for their anniversary, a ceramic swirl of dusty coral with gilt trim. They displayed it on the coffee table. Boyhood satisfaction glowed when my mother pulled … Continue reading →

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Sonnets for an Old Century

Posted on 06/30/2016 by paulefallon

Jose Rivera’s play, Sonnets for an Old Century, is a collection of monologues spoken by strangers gathered in one place at the end of the twentieth century. The audience knows nothing about why they are gathered. Each character is given … Continue reading →

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The Sweatshirt

Posted on 06/27/2016 by paulefallon

Your daughter comes over for dinner one night, fresh from a run. It’s cool on the deck so you lend her a sweatshirt, something old. You don’t remember when or how you came to have it. When she leaves, she … Continue reading →

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Institutionalized Adventure

Posted on 06/23/2016 by paulefallon

Twenty years ago, when my children were young, a narrow path wound around the point in Kingsley Park, the peninsula that juts into Fresh Pond, the City of Cambridge’s reservoir. Walking paths, woods, and meadows surround the pond, three square … Continue reading →

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