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Barbara Falconer Newhall

Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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How to Photograph a Redwood Tree — From Duff to Overstory

July 10, 2021 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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At Muir Woods — how do you photograph a 200-foot redwood tree and get the whole thing into the picture, from roots to treetop?  Read more.

Photo Op: Yosemite Rocks — And Sometimes It Rolls

November 2, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Glacial erratics piled on a sloping rock at Inyo National Forest, CA. Photo by BF Newhal

 

The big rocks and cliffs at Yosemite are spectacular, but so is the smaller stuff — the boulders, rocks, stones and pebbles that litter every inch of the 12,000-square-mile national park. I’m especially partial to the glacial erratics.

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My Old Stuff — A Little Moldy, a Little Dusty, but Unlike Certain People It’s Still With Me

a pair of old alumunium crutches with disintegrating padding. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Things. They stay where you put them. They don’t talk back or upchuck on the Persian rug. They don’t require thank-you notes or post cards from Tahoe. I like my things. Read more.

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Wishing You a Hope-y New Year

ewok hut toy about 16 inches tall with ewok characters. Photo by BF Newhall

A Case of the Human Condition: I’ve Got a Dirty Little Secret — I (Still) Can’t Say No to Toys

The Feminine Feminist — An Oxymoron?

robert morse in season finale of mad men tv show dances and sings the best things in life are free with four pretty secretaries.

Actor Robert Morse – Sweaty at 36, Sublime at 83

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