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About paulefallon

Greetings reader. I am a writer, architect, cyclist and father from Cambridge, MA. My primary blog, theawkwardpose.com is an archive of all my published writing. The title refers to a sequence of three yoga positions that increase focus and build strength by shifting the body’s center of gravity. The objective is balance without stability. My writing addresses opposing tension in our world, and my attempt to find balance through understanding that opposition. During 2015-2106 I am cycling through all 48 mainland United States and asking the question "How will we live tomorrow?" That journey is chronicled in a dedicated blog, www.howwillwelivetomorrw.com, that includes personal writing related to my adventure as well as others' responses to my question. Thank you for visiting.

Trip Log – Day 363 – Oklahoma City OK

November 2, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 21 Miles to Date: 18,777 States to Date: 46  Bicycle maintenance day! Al’s Bicycles in OKC did a great job sprucing up Tom for his 2,000-mile check-up. While he was getting … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 362 – Oklahoma City OK

November 1, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 20 Miles to Date: 18,756 States to Date: 46 There are two truths I run up against everywhere I go: our public education system is failing; our public library system is … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Rick Erwin, City Museum, Saint Louis, MO

“If you build it, they will come.” That paraphrase of the voice Kevin Costner heard in his Field of Dreams more than twenty-five years ago has become the mantra of great development successes, and the bane of endeavors gone bust. … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 361 – Oklahoma City OK

October 31, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 24 Miles to Date: 18,736 States to Date: 46 I indulge in local culinary delights of the highbrow and fast food variety wherever I go. Today an old high school friend … Continue reading

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Profile Response: William Iseminger, Cahokia Mounds Historic Site, Collinsville, IL

One thousand years ago, Cahokia was the largest city north of Mexico. Twenty thousand people lived in in a complex urban environment in the wide fertile valley of the Mississippi/Missouri basin. They built mounds for ceremonial and functional use. The … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 360 – Norman OK to Oklahoma City OK

October 30, 2016 – Overcast, 75 degrees Miles Today: 48 Miles to Date: 18,712 States to Date: 46 Oklahoma City went from 0 to 10,000 citizens in a day: April 29, 1889. For the next hundred years, OKC continued to … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Amanda Rudy, Belleville, IL

“People are so much better than things.” Amanda Rudy’s philosophy keeps her surrounded by people. The night I visited, two of Amanda’s three housemates, her boyfriend Kyle, and friends Lisa and Kirk filtered in and out of the three bedroom … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 359 – Pauls Valley OK to Norman OK

October 29, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 60 Miles to Date: 18,664 States to Date: 46 Back in College Station TX I visited the land that inspired my New York born father to pioneer west. Our Conestoga wagon … Continue reading

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Profile Response: New Harmony Salon, New Harmony IN

The weight of Utopia makes the air in New Harmony thick with promise, sweet with possibility. Although there are Indiana farmers born to this fertile land along the Wabash who adhere to red state politics with the same faith they … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 358 – Durant OK to Pauls Valley OK

October 28, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 96 Miles to Date: 18,664 States to Date: 46   It was a great day to be a cycle tourist, and a great day for singing. I woke to a bright … Continue reading

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