Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the scene on books, writing . . . and life as she knows it.
You don't have to be a big believer to find something interesting to read here . . . You'll find excerpts from the spiritual journeys of people I've met on the religion beat as well as reports of my own fraught encounters with religion and spirituality.
A summer sunset over Lake Michigan not too far from Eagle Top. Photo by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
Somebody owns Eagle Top. They bought it ten years ago and built a cottage on it. I didn’t think it was possible to buy, sell or own Eagle Top. I thought Eagle Top belonged to itself. But [Read more...]
A floral design by Monique Duncan of Plumweed Flowers Co., San Francisco, takes its inspiration from Robert Rauschenberg’s “Shadow (Tracks)” sculpture on the wall behind it. Photo by BF Newhall.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
At times during my visit to the Bouquets to Art exhibition at the de Young on Tuesday, I wondered whether my soul might be better off if I’d just stand there quietly looking at the floral [Read more...]
A limb split from a live oak tree in our canyon during a storm. Photo by BF Newhall.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
Impermanence. It’s a helpful, if not always comfortable, idea. Everything changes. It just does.
Sometimes change is a good thing:
A few months before she died, my mother celebrated my birthday with a chicken, berry and candied walnut salad at the Nordstrom Cafe. Photos by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
My mother’s last words to me were nothing much. No parting words of love. No heartfelt messages to the grandchildren.
Two days before she died, as I was about to leave her hospital [Read more...]
Emil Cioran
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
Try this thought on for size: “It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.”
And this: “I live only because it is in my power to die whenever I want; [Read more...]
