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I am an Interior Designer!

Posted on 09/23/2014 by paulefallon

Twenty years ago, a so-called friend came into my house and announced, “It is hard to believe an architect lives here. It is impossible to believe a gay architect lives here.” His comments stung, but only a little. I knew … Continue reading →

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Brain Health Registry

Posted on 09/16/2014 by paulefallon

Please consider joining the Brain Health Registry. If you are interested in participating in Alzheimer’s research or just like to take online tests (as I do), it is a fun activity that helps create a data base to support ongoing … Continue reading →

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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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