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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.

Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

Posted on September 18, 2016 by paulefallon

How will we live tomorrow? “Drink your water and take your medicine.” Ben Pierson, five years old, Athens, GA How will we live tomorrow? “Hopefully more balanced than today. The concept of balance is important to me. I don’t know … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 314 – Columbia MO to Marshall MO

Posted on September 17, 2016 by paulefallon

September 14, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 68 Miles to Date: 16,219 States to Date: 44  Today was a terrific day of bicycle touring, though it still did not win me over to gravel. I spent the first … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 313 – Kingdom City MO to Columbia MO

Posted on September 16, 2016 by paulefallon

September 13, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 16,151 States to Date: 44  True confession: I do not seek out absolutely every contact I know to discuss tomorrow. I’ve passed on few Catholic recommendations because, … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Burnside Family, Rice VA

Posted on September 16, 2016 by paulefallon

Time is spiral; history is a sine curve; tomorrow is yesterday all over again. “Everything that is happening in this country has happened before: in Rome, in Egypt, before the comet.” An evening with Bryan Burnside, 66 year-old retired veteran … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 312 – Lake Saint Louis MO to Kingdom City MO

Posted on September 15, 2016 by paulefallon

September 12, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 16,123 States to Date: 44 Missouri’s bicycle claim to fame is the KATY Trail – 237 miles from Machens to Clinton, mostly along the Missouri River. But … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Curtiss Hoffman, Anthropologist, Charlottesville VA

Posted on September 15, 2016 by paulefallon

When is a pile a rocks just a pile of rocks? When does it have deeper significance? Perhaps it is a section of stonewall that separated colonial farms. Perhaps it is the remnant of a building foundation. Or perhaps it … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 311 – Ferguson MO to Lake Saint Louis MO

Posted on September 14, 2016 by paulefallon

September 11, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 38 Miles to Date: 16,053 States to Date: 44  I spent most of today noodling over what I learned yesterday, which included a long writing break to consider Ferguson and the … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Raven Long, Innkeeper, Charlottesville VA

Posted on September 14, 2016 by paulefallon

Fair Haven Guest House is not your Bob Newhart idea of a country inn. It isn’t in the country. It’s not littered with antiques. Host Raven Long and his wife Flame Bilyue do not bake muffins or brownies. After their … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 310 – St. Louis MO to Ferguson MO

Posted on September 13, 2016 by paulefallon

September 10, 2016 – Cloudy, 70 degrees Miles Today: 16 Miles to Date: 16,015 States to Date: 44  16,000 miles after I left Cambridge I arrived at one of the very first push pins I placed on my map: Ferguson, … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Debra, Server at Michie Tavern, Charlottesville VA

Posted on September 13, 2016 by paulefallon

In 1927, after a century as a public house and almost as long in disrepair, Mrs. Mark Henderson, a local businesswoman purchased Michie Tavern and, in a stroke of genius, moved the historic structure downhill from Monticello four years after … Continue reading →

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