Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.
Three caterpillar-like beards rest on three veined hafts. Photos by BF Newhall.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
I think of irises as a common, garden-variety flower.
You see them growing everywhere. Our own back yard had dozens of them growing wildish when we moved in thirty-plus years ago, and now we have a mess of them growing in our front yard and along the street. But it wasn’t until this spring that I took the time to notice how intricate — and elegant — these flowers truly are. [Read more...]
My desk as I write this post. And yes that's me in the wallpaper -- and New York City, a place that still shows up in my writing life dreams. Photos by BF Newhall.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
“Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” — Ecclesiastes 12:12
Apparently, you and I are not the first writers to complain of the butt-wearying effects of too much time spent arranging and rearranging words. [Read more...]
Jeff Greenwald introducing his storytellers at a Book Passage performance last Friday. Photo by Jon Newhall.
It looks like Jeff Greenwald and his Merry Band of Storytellers are ahead of the curve. Check out this article in Monday’s New York Times on the storytelling classes being offered all around the Big Apple even as we speak. It seems maybe the storytelling subculture I’ve been nattering on about is not so sub after all. [Read more...]
For help in locating conferences on narrative writing, check out Nieman Storyboard’s handy 2012 conference roundup .
NASA photo - Spiral Nebula
Wondering what happened to God — and GodsBigBlog?
It’s moved to another location, to its very own blog at http://GodsBigBlog.com.
I was getting complaints from some of my dear secular humanist friends that God was taking over my Writing Room and getting way too much ink.
They were having to slog through my posts on the Bible. Some of the posts are hopeful (the one about how my atheist friend loves the Universe). Some of them are cranky (e.g. my pique at reading about God promising to clear out all those annoying Hittites and Jebusites and Girgashites from the Promised Land so the Israelites could have it to themselves). All of the posts tend toward the irreverent.
Seriously, blogs are supposed to have a focus. Some people want to read about my adventures with Christian scripture. Others don’t. So GodsBigBlog.com is getting a niche of its own.
For those friends and readers who want to hear about my life, sans the musings on the Bible, this blog will continue to be about reading, writing, being alive in the here and now — and my rocky, all-over-the-map spiritual journey.
Now’s a good time to think about whether you’d like to subscribe to this blog — and/or to www.GodsBigBlog.com. Just click on that orange RSS blob to your right on this page or on the GodsBigBlog home page. (Note: AOL users may have trouble with the RSS feed. Sorry.) Or get an email subscription. See you there.
