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Clothesline Romanticism

Posted on 07/07/2021 by paulefallon

What comes to mind when you see this photo? Crisp air, fresh scent, a stiff sleeve that lovingly conforms to your arm as if softens to your unique form. I cribbed the image from Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter. Ms. Richardson, … Continue reading →

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Cliff Notes: Free, Smart, Real, Just America

Posted on 07/01/2021 by paulefallon

If you have 45 minutes to ponder the state of this great nation over the upcoming Independence Day weekend, I recommend “How America Fractured into 4 Parts,” by George Packer, published by The Atlantic in Medium. If you don’t have … Continue reading →

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Posted on 06/23/2021 by paulefallon

In honor of summertime and all things light, I share with you a piece by humorist Simon Rich, which cracked me up. I used 2 B a typical teenage girl, gossiping with my gal friends on the weekends (I luv … Continue reading →

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The Money Issue

Posted on 06/16/2021 by paulefallon

If there’s a shred of doubt in your mind that the United States is in the throes of endgame empire, look no further than The New Yorker June 7, 2021: The Money Issue. Every issue of The New Yorker follows … Continue reading →

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Let’s Loosen Up Zoning: A Letter to the Cambridge City Council in Favor of “Missing Middle Housing”

Posted on 06/09/2021 by paulefallon

June 9, 2021 Greetings Cambridge City Councilor, I am writing in support of the Cambridge Missing Middle Housing zoning petition before the city Council at the June 10, 2021 meeting. Like many Cambridge citizens, I live in a building that … Continue reading →

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The Pandemic Joy of Spider Solitaire

Posted on 06/02/2021 by paulefallon

If there’s a single activity that’s promoted and preserved my sanity during the pandemic year—a big if in a year of rocky sanity—that activity is spider solitaire. I kicked off empty pandemic hours with jigsaw puzzles, shifted to Sudoku, even … Continue reading →

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A Year of Taking a Knee

Posted on 05/26/2021 by paulefallon

A year ago today, the day after George Floyd was murdered, teenagers across the street stapled black block letters on yellow poster board to the guardrail along Huron Avenue. BLACK LIVES MATTER. That evening, I noticed a family and their … Continue reading →

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Land Acknowledgment

Posted on 05/19/2021 by paulefallon

My first and most lasting lesson in the power of compound interest arrived on May 24, 1966. It must have been a slow news day. Toward the end of The Huntley-Brinkley Report, David Brinkley announced that 340 years ago, Peter … Continue reading →

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Stand Up for Racial Justice – Base Camp Training

Posted on 05/12/2021 by paulefallon

Among the many things I’ve undertaken regarding racial justice over the past year (My Summer of 75 Things), becoming involved with SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice) has been the most illuminating. SURJ is a national umbrella organization devoted to … Continue reading →

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Liberal Overreach

Posted on 05/05/2021 by paulefallon

Liberals have an uncanny talent. They shoot themselves in the foot trying to help the less fortunate; their hearts bleed out of the wound; leaving a blood trail for right-winged vultures to reframe good intention as folly. Such I fear, … Continue reading →

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