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Wisdom From My Father — Or, How to Sweep the Kitchen Floor

January 19, 2017 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

The red David Falconer barn of my father near Scottville, Michigan. Photo by Barbara Newhall

“Think about what you are doing,” my father told me. “Use your head.” His advice still applies in a 21st-century world neither of us could have imagined.  Read more.

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Would My Husband Like to Take My Name?

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My fiance had no middle name. When we married, I asked, would he like to take my name to fill the empty spot in the middle of his? Read more.

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