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Barbara Falconer Newhall

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

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I’m a Widow. Was This Guy Asking Me for a Date?

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It was just a friendly chat with a stranger out walking his dog. But then I thought, “I’m a widow. Was this guy asking me for a date?”  Read more.

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Widowed: Do I Still Miss Him?

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I’m a Studs Terkel Wannabe — He Captured American Voices

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Is There an Upside to Widowhood? I’m Looking at the Possibilities

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Good Books I Haven’t Really Read: Anna Quindlen, Stephen Prothero, David Talbot and a Book About French Love . . .

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