Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.
A camellia -- one of the dozens that hit the pavement today.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
Jerome, that famously abstemious fourth- and fifth-century scholar and saint, is said to have kept a human skull on his desk to remind him of his mortality.
Those of us with gardens don’t need a skull. We’ve got stuff dying on us every day. [Read more...]
A spray of light from Connie Hubbell Arts.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
It’s not often you get to do something for the dead. But every year around this time, florists in San Francisco’s East Bay are invited to put on a show to benefit the Friends of Mountain View Cemetery, a famous old cemetery at the top of Piedmont Avenue in Oakland.
My favorite floral arrangement was by Heather Dunne and Mari Tischenko of the Orinda Garden Club – ”Branch of Life,” with scarlet tulips floating above a gnarled branch. [Read more...]
Wind poppies.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
A primrose.
That’s because I grew up in Michigan, where March is the most unnerving month of the year. One day it’s warmish and the world smells like spring. The next day the thermometer drops, it’s winter again and odors vanish in the cold. [Read more...]
Lisa Michelle Galley rehearsed her story at Book Passage. Photos by Barbara Falconer Newhall
At last Friday’s Grotto readings, one writer read from her ”Cheating Dining Room Table” MS on her smart phone.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
It’s happening. Jeff Greenwald’s storytelling class will be peforming at 6 p.m. Friday, March 23, at the Book Passage bookstore in San Francisco’s fabled Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street. Join us!
We’ll be part of an evening of presentations by about 25 writers who have been taking classes for the past [Read more...]
A retablo from San Miguel, Mexico. c 2008 Barbara Falconer Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
A very touching story on Patheos by author Jana Riess about how Facebook helped her grieve.
Apparently, FB has a policy of shutting down a FB account if it hears that the owner has died — much to the distress of friends and family members who have grieved together on the deceased person’s FB site.
Your thoughts? Have you had this experience?
