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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.

Graham Greene Slept Here…Me, Not so Much

Posted on 11/01/2013 by paulefallon

In the 1960’s, Al Seitz struggled to maintain at least one guest in residence at Port-au-Prince’s Hotel Olaffson to ward off Papa Doc Duvalier from appropriating the most famous watering hole in the Caribbean. That still didn’t curb the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiti | Tagged Day of the Dead, Graham Greene, Haiti, Halloween, Hotel Olaffson, John Barrymore, Port Au Prince, Richard Moree, The Comedians, voodoo | 3 Comments

Return to Haiti

Posted on 10/27/2013 by paulefallon

The flight from Boston to Miami was uneventful. I had my usual exit row window seat, 18F. Next to me was a geeky young blond guy who nodded in greeting before donning headphones for the duration. I boarded the flight … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiti | Tagged American Airlines, Grand Goave, Haiti, Miami | Leave a comment

Seeking a Relationship / Settling for a Transaction

Posted on 10/21/2013 by paulefallon

I had my annual physical this week and am happy to report that my health is fine, as usual. I’ve had the same doctor for twenty years. Marcus Welby has nothing on Mark Bauer, M.D. my internist at Harvard Vanguard. … Continue reading →

Posted in United States | Tagged ACA, Affordable Healthcare Act, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, annual physical, Harvard Vanguard, healthcare, Marcus Welby, Mark Bauer, Northeaster University, Obamacare, Open Classroom, Tim Huff, Wal-Mart | 6 Comments

The Pergola

Posted on 10/13/2013 by paulefallon

My neighbors use their back yard a lot; they have barbeques, they play games. I enjoy hearing their outdoor antics. This summer they built a pergola in the far corner of their lawn. Construction workers buzzed happy saws for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Boston Children's Hospital, Cambridge, leukemia, pergola | Leave a comment

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