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Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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Archives for October 2009

A Case of the Human Condition: Help Us Choose Our Christmas Card Photo

October 30, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

We have a slew of family photos we could put on our Christmas card this year. Help us decide which one. Vote for your favorite.

A Case of the Human Condition: You Can’t Go Home Again . . . Oh, But You Can

October 23, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

It turns out that, yes, you can go home again. If you’re me, that is. All I had to do was show up for my high school class reunion and there I was, back in Birmingham, Michigan.

A Case of the Human Condition: Hanging Out in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

October 16, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Peter and I walked over to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Claes Oldenburg’s “Spoonbridge and Cherry” is a kick, but I gravitated to Jenny Holzer’s witty “Selections From the Living Series.”

A Case of the Human Condition: Walking the Walker in Minneapolis

October 9, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

After the Religion Newswriters Conference in Minneapolis in September, I took time out to visit our son Peter. Together we took a walk around the Walker Art Center. Here’s what we saw.

A Case of the Human Condition: Living the Good Life — In Minneapolis

October 2, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Photos from the Midwest’s best-kept secret: lively, liveable Minneapolis.

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Widowed: Life Goes On — And Some of Us Still Like It

life goes on, as with this crocosmia-sprouting-through-a-deck Like it or not, life goes on. Our 101-year-old family friend had picked up the phone to check on me. If that’s not liking life, what is?   Read more.

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A Book of Essays From Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite — Did She Write It or Did I? Sheltering at Home Week 26

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I Miss My Friends. But I Miss My Acquaintances More — Sheltering at Home Week 5

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The Older You Get, the More Dead People You Know

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