Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.
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?
Us in 1975. Photo by Ruth/Scott Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
Hey, Everybody!
Jon Newhall and I have been married for 35 years today. Two kids, one house and lots of rewarding jobs later, we seem to be in it for the long haul.
We got married late. We skipped our first marriages and went straight for the second. A strategy I recommend.
Barbara, Jon, Christina, Peter Newhall. Photo by BF Newhall 2009
Jon and I in LA last month getting warmed up for the big Three-Five. Photo 2012 by Christina Newhall
For help in locating conferences on narrative writing, check out Nieman Storyboard’s handy 2012 conference roundup .
