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The Music in Our Midst

Posted on 09/02/2014 by paulefallon

  Kiyoe Wellington has big hands, calloused fingers, and strong forearms. It takes power to draw music from a double bass. She also has a hoop nose ring and spiky dreadlocks; unruly as the loose horsehair she yanks out of … Continue reading →

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Games of August II: Authentic Happiness

Posted on 08/11/2014 by paulefallon

I love taking surveys, personality tests and opinion polls. So when I discovered the website for authentic happiness, http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu, I felt happy even before I dove into the site’s multiple questionnaires. There are nineteen in all, divided into categories that … Continue reading →

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The True Test of Being Passé – Launching my Middle-initialed Website

Posted on 07/17/2014 by paulefallon

No one would call me trendy.  Anti-trendy overstates my level of trend awareness. Trend-ignorant is more like it.  All I know is that for the past fifty plus years, when I begin to favor a restaurant, it’s on its way … Continue reading →

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Amour and Puppy Love

Posted on 07/14/2014 by paulefallon

Here is a maxim to live by: Never watch a depressing French film with a puppy. My friend Chuck raved about Amour. It won lots of awards. I decided to set aside my distaste for subtitles and watch it. My … Continue reading →

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Learn to Love Something By Doing It

Posted on 05/11/2014 by paulefallon

This essay was originally published in The Arts Fuse, May 11, 2014. When I auditioned to be a member of the Le Grand Continental-Boston (LGC), Celebrity Series choreographed street dance of local citizens, I expected to meet people beyond my … Continue reading →

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In the Zone

Posted on 05/05/2014 by paulefallon

I went into the studio Sunday noon and laid my mat in a favorite place beneath the skylight tight to the front mirror. I like the way the rays highlight my poses. All the better still if the sun steaming … Continue reading →

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Shoulders and Plow

Posted on 04/28/2014 by paulefallon

I am obedient by nature. I follow the yoga teacher’s instructions and execute every pose.  Sometimes I lag, since I flow slower than many, but I sequence through and catch up in downward dog. Teacher’s give permission for variation when … Continue reading →

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Giddy Yoga

Posted on 04/14/2014 by paulefallon

I completed my RYT200 yoga Teacher Training yesterday. I’m a yoga teacher.  The class is organized as 200 hours of work over eight weeks but I channeled my inner geek and logged a lot more than that.  In addition to … Continue reading →

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Krishnamacharya: Lynchpin Between Ancient and Modern Yoga

Posted on 04/03/2014 by paulefallon

Newton took the apple out of the Garden of Eden and used it to demonstrate gravity. Franklin sucked lightening out of the sky and channeled it to the earth.  Then Edison captured it in a bulb. Over the past 500 … Continue reading →

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Barbara Trachtenberg: Photos of Cuba

Posted on 03/31/2014 by paulefallon

I met Barbara through a novelist writers group.  While I moved from fiction to narrative non-fiction and essays, Barbara evolved into photography, painting, and poetry.  This weekend Barbara will present her photo series about Cuba at Newton Open Studios. Here is … Continue reading →

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