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	<description>Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.</description>
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		<title>Pardon Our Dust &#8212; Website Under Construction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Case of the Human Condition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great things are happening. A new look for my website is in the works. And lots more posts and pictures are waiting in the wings to be shared. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, we&#8217;re making some last minute changes, so if a few things aren&#8217;t working quite right, please be patient.   &#8211; Barbara]]></description>
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		<title>Missing on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 20:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a mothers belongings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging parents]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[love seat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother is gone. But when she died she left a few things behind, including a beloved purse and the love seat we sat on together.]]></description>
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		<title>Purple Bearded Irises &#8212; Close Up and (Very) Personal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Writing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't miss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing irises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mommy bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purple bearded iris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing about your children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing memoir]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's a heck of a lot of erotica going on inside an iris blossoms. Stamen. Pistel. Haft. Falls and standards. Claws. And, of course, the fuzzy, caterpillar-like beards. ]]></description>
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		<title>My Flesh Is Weary &#8212; Too Much Book-Writing, Not Enough Yoga</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Writing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecclesiates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the writing life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh."]]></description>
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		<title>Wendell Berry on the American Flag &#8212; and the Countryside for Which It Stands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Openers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wendell Berry has this to say about the discarded trash -- the scraps of plastic, the soiled diapers, the  flimsy lamps and hair dryers, the refrigerators, stoves and automobiles -- that pollute the American countryside:]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a Carnivore: Why Eating Meat is OK &#8212; Sorta</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Case of the Human Condition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cypress trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethical living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meat-eater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york times ethicist carnivore contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetarians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'm not a vegetarian, because I don’t see a clear difference between slaughtering a pig and cutting down a tree. Between netting the wild salmon I eat for dinner and harvesting my breakfast oats. ]]></description>
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		<title>I’m a Meat-Eating Loser – I Didn’t Win the New York Times Ethicist Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Case of the Human Condition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eating meat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new york times ethicist carnivore contest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vegetarianism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'm a meat-eating loser. I didn’t win the “Why It’s OK to Eat Meat” contest the New York Times Magazine put on a few weeks ago. But I'm OK with that .]]></description>
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		<title>Joan Chittister: The View from the Second Half of LIfe</title>
		<link>http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2012/04/17/joan-chittister-when-all-wrong-is-alright/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=joan-chittister-when-all-wrong-is-alright</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Openers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following the path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joan chittister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the second half of life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A pithy quote from Sister Joan Chittister's new book, "Following the Path."]]></description>
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		<title>A Makeover in the Works &#8212; We&#8217;re Updating My Website</title>
		<link>http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2012/04/09/a-makeover-in-the-works-were-updating-my-website/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-makeover-in-the-works-were-updating-my-website</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Case of the Human Condition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building awebsite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DB Falconer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tree house]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Makeover in the Works -- We're Updating My Website]]></description>
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		<title>Wanna Sing? Go to Church on Easter &#8212; Or to a Baseball Game</title>
		<link>http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2012/04/08/easter-singing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=easter-singing</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Rocky Spiritual Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[first presbyterian church birmingham MI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The really nice thing about Easter is -- you get to sing. Good and loud]]></description>
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		<title>My Search for a Muslim Woman With a Story to Tell</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Rocky Spiritual Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatima ozgun]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[islamic art exhibit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic cultural center of northern california]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nabeela raza sajjad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[salma arastu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrestling with god]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I still need to find myself a few more people to interview for my book. A nice, talky Muslim woman, for one.]]></description>
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		<title>In My Rain-Battered Garden &#8212; Nothing Is Forever, Not Even Those Poppies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Falconer Newhall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Case of the Human Condition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Jerome kept a human skull on his desk to remind him of his mortality. We gardeners don't need a skull . We've got stuff dying on us every day.
]]></description>
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