Tag Archives: Cambridge MA

Behind the Pane of Empty Storefronts

Posted on 03/05/2019 by paulefallon

Are you a Cambridge resident? Go online and vote for your favorite empty storefront art by March 8, 2019. __________ What do Americans buy with our affluence? Privacy. Single-family houses in gated communities, automobiles for every driver in the family, … Continue reading →

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There Goes the Neighborhood

Posted on 12/20/2018 by paulefallon

Change happens continuously. But we humans only notice it episodically. I’ve lived in the same neighborhood for more than 25 years, a few crooked blocks separated from the rest of Cambridge by Route 2. I call it the suburbs of … Continue reading →

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Institutionalized Adventure

Posted on 06/23/2016 by paulefallon

Twenty years ago, when my children were young, a narrow path wound around the point in Kingsley Park, the peninsula that juts into Fresh Pond, the City of Cambridge’s reservoir. Walking paths, woods, and meadows surround the pond, three square … Continue reading →

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Spring Forward Yoga

Posted on 03/09/2015 by paulefallon

We set our clocks ahead for spring on Sunday. But with the ground covered with several feet of snow, the roads covered with black ice and temperatures below twenty degrees, I couldn’t bike to yoga. So I walked. A single … Continue reading →

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Cambridge May be Cushy, but We’re Not Afraid of the Cold

Posted on 01/08/2015 by paulefallon

The thermometer dropped below zero last night, and the City of Boston closed public schools today. Really? There’s no snow on the ground, little ice and the sun is bright. One might have thought that the precious, coddled People’s Republic … Continue reading →

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