Category Archives: How Will We Live Tomorrow?

Trip Log – Day 252 – Hartford CT to Danbury, CT

Posted on 07/17/2016 by paulefallon

July 14, 2016 – Clouds, 85 degrees Miles Today: 79 Miles to Date: 13,085 States to Date: 33 My navigation strategy – plotting a route on goggle maps for bicycles the night before, writing it down in my small pad … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 251 –Mansfield, CT to Hartford CT

Posted on 07/16/2016 by paulefallon

July 13, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 36 Miles to Date: 13,006 States to Date: 33 The only thing better than a solid breakfast – is two solid breakfasts. My vegan host Tony made me an awesome smoothie … Continue reading →

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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 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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Recuperation

Posted on 05/31/2016 by paulefallon

How quickly one routine evaporates and another congeals. Out on the road I thrive on ride/talk/write. The balance between physical exertion and mental analysis, sociability and isolation is near perfect. Then – bang – bike meets Porsche. Within two weeks … Continue reading →

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Eight Random Observations of Eight Days in a Hospital

Posted on 05/26/2016 by paulefallon

I spent eight days at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida after a Porsche took out my bicycle along a bucolic byway in Alabama. I received uniformly cheerful, prompt, and competent care, which is not necessarily the same as efficient … Continue reading →

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Leap Year Leap

Posted on 05/24/2016 by paulefallon

On February 29 I turned off Alabama Highway 98 to visit the historic town of Fairhope. An elderly Porsche driver took a sudden left turn across my path. I tried to veer away. Surly’s front tire hit the vehicle’s passenger … Continue reading →

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Emergency Room Regression Analysis

Posted on 05/09/2016 by paulefallon

The next time you’re in a moving metal object which makes contact with another moving metal object and lands you in the Emergency Room, make sure to get a cubicle near the nurse’s station and leave your curtain open. Ignore … Continue reading →

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