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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.

The Value of Suffering

Posted on 10/10/2013 by paulefallon

This essay by Pico Iyer was originally published in the NY TImes on 9/7/2013. I find it beautiful and thought provoking. NARA, Japan — Hundreds of Syrians are apparently killed by chemical weapons, and the attempt to protect others from … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Kobayashi Issa, Pico Iyer, suffering | 2 Comments

Where is Our Nation of Laws?

Posted on 10/06/2013 by paulefallon

John Adams, the hard-nosed framer of the Massachusetts Constitution, which became the model for the U.S. Constitution, once heralded our achievement as creating a nation of laws rather than a nation of men. He envisioned a republic released from the … Continue reading →

Posted in United States | Tagged John Adams, John Boehner, Massachusetts Constituion, naiton of laws, NY Times, Thomas Jefferseon, US Constitution | Leave a comment

CorePower Yoga

Posted on 09/29/2013 by paulefallon

It turns out my addiction to yoga is fickle. My annual membership to Bikram came to a close in early September. After 1,046 classes I’d been feeling diminishing returns. Some days the heat seemed as formidable a foe as on … Continue reading →

Posted in Yoga | Tagged Bikram yoga, CorePower Yoga, Hot Power Fusion, McDonald's, Whole Foods | 2 Comments

Thomas L. Friedman and Me

Posted on 09/22/2013 by paulefallon

Thomas L. Friedman and I are pretty much alike. Okay, okay, he is Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times while I write a blog followed a handful of people. Farrar Straus Giroux publishes his oeuvre while they … Continue reading →

Posted in United States | Tagged Farrar Straus Giroux, Foreign Policy by Whisper and Nudge, New York Times, The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman | 3 Comments

All The Way

Posted on 09/15/2013 by paulefallon

The A.R.T. pulses this September with the electricity of a powerful hit. The energy of the full house crowd at last night’s preview of All the Way was palpable; it surged when the cast took their places on the stately … Continue reading →

Posted in United States | Tagged A.R.T., All the Way, American Repertory Theater, Betsy Aidern, Bobby Kennedy, Bryan Cranston, Cambridge, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Diane Paulus, George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ, Lurleen Wallace, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Muriel Humphrey, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pippin, Porgy and Bess, Reed Birney, Robert Schenkken, Susannah Stuhlman, The Great Society | Leave a comment

With Less Aid, a Stronger Haiti will Emerge

Posted on 09/11/2013 by paulefallon

This is an article by Tate Watkins that was originally published in The Globe and Mail on September 5, 2013 Earlier this year, Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck released Fatal Assistance, a documentary that eviscerated the international response to the January, 2010, earthquake that struck … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiti | Tagged foreign aid, Haiti, Tate Watkins, The Globe and Mail | Leave a comment

Uruguay Leads the Way

Posted on 09/08/2013 by paulefallon

What do I know about Uruguay? Very little. But a short but glowing, article in August 25, 2013 NY Times Sunday Review described the South American country on the move with lots of foreign investment and progressive social attitudes. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Jose Mujica, legalize marijuana, marijuana, pot, Uruguay | Leave a comment

End of Summer Travelogue

Posted on 09/02/2013 by paulefallon

I ended my summer doing two of my favorite things – riding my bicycle and connecting with the friends I have made through my work in Haiti. Len and Cheryl Ann Gengel invited me to their beach house in Wells, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bicycling | Tagged Be Like Brit, Beverly, Bicycling, Cambridge, cycling, Danvers, Gengel, Hampton Beach, Ipswich, Kiettery, Labor Day, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Newbury, Newburyport, North Hampton, Ogonquit, Peabody, Portsmouth, Rye Beach, Salisbury, Seabrook, Somerville, Stoneham, Topsfield, Wakefield, Wells, Wenhem, York Beach, York Harbor | 4 Comments

Made in Detroit

Posted on 08/25/2013 by paulefallon

I love Detroit. I loved it as a child hearing my father’s automotive tales of his home city. I loved it through every era depicted in Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex, even the 1967 riots. I’ve loved flying in and out of … Continue reading →

Posted in United States | Tagged Detroit, Detroit Tigers, Jeffrey Eugenides, Made in Detroit, Middlesex, Shinola, Woodward Avenue | 4 Comments

Twenty Feet to Stardom

Posted on 08/18/2013 by paulefallon

And the colored girls go “Doo do doo do doo do do doo…” Thus Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side begins Twenty Feet from Stardom, a movie ostensibly about backup singers that is really about how we all endure, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Bette Midler, Bruce Springsteen, Claudia Lennear, Darlene Love, Gimme Shelter, How Can I Ease the Pain, Jo Lawry, Judith Knight, Lisa Fischer, Lou Reed, Merry Clayton, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Phil Spector, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Tata Vega, The Blossoms, The Rolling Stones, Twenty Feet to Stardom, Walk on the Wild Side, Waters family | Leave a comment