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

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Archives for February 2010

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder – But What If There’s No Beholder?

February 27, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Half-hidden flowering tree comes into view. Photo by BF Newhall

A flowering tree grows hidden in the canyon below our house. If no one sees it bloom, is it beautiful? Without a beholder, can there be beauty? Read more.

The Writing Room: My Idea of a Good Time — A Week in the Mountains with a Bunch of Other Writers

February 19, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I’ve attended the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley summer conference three different times and loved every moment. It’s a great chance to meet writers, editors, agents — and work on your writing.

A Child Is Born — And So Is a Grandpa

February 13, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Berrypicking grandfather and grandson. Photo by BF Newhall

My friend Jake is a man in his prime. He does triathlons, reads good books, knows all the best hiking trails and drinks nice wines. Jake has never been anybody’s rickety old grandpa — until recently, when Jake’s daughter gave birth to a baby girl. Read more.

San Francisco’s George Leonard and the Tao of Writing

February 6, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

George Leonard, San Francisco Bay Area author and counterculture guru. LOOK magazine writer. YouTube photo.

George Leonard, one of the founders of the human potential movement, and I both worked at Look magazine during the 1960s. We knew each other — that is to say, I knew who he was. Read more.

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My Days Are Numbered — And So Are My Minutes

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My days are numbered, so I’ve decided to be miserly about how I spend what’s left of them.  Read more.

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Our Living Room Makeover: We Made Do With Our Old Stuff. Sheltering at Home Week 49

Memento left at the scene of the Oakland Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 mostly young people, artists, musicians, LGBTQ folks. A few days after the fire, it was cordoned off as a "crime scene." Photo by Barbara Newhall

Oakland’s Ghost Ship — A Vigil

before her son in hospital with appendicitis. Barbara Falconer Newhall's son gestures expansively before the appendicitis attack. Photo by Barbara Newhall

My Son Is in the Hospital With Appendicitis 2,000 Miles Away. How Do I Mother Him From Here?

Head and shoulders photo of James Dobson that appeared on the cov of the 1985 paperback edition of his book "The Strong-Willed Child."

James Dobson: Bully Your Pet, Hit Your Kid, Make Them Obey You–And God

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