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Barbara Falconer Newhall

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

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Photo Op: It’s Blooming Springtime on Our Hill — In March

March 16, 2013 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Varigated camelia blossom with foliage. Photo by BF Newhall

It’s spring in March and the daffodils are going strong on the local hillsides in the San Francisco Bay Area. So are the camelias, abutilons and iceland poppies in our front yard.

A Case of the Human Condition: Flowers Bursting From the Dirt — How Do They Do It?

August 31, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

pink camellia blossom california. photo by bf newhall

They emerge from mud, manure, leaf rot, earthworms, sow bugs. And they are beautiful. How do they do it? Read more.

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Sixteen Years Left to Live. How Many Bowls of Froot Loops Is That?

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In the sixteen years I’ve got left, how many of the gotta-do items on my to-do list will I get done?  Read more.

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Three-year-old girl asleep with her blankie in her car seat. Photo by BF Newhall

A Cry in the Night — ‘Mommy, I’m Scared’

Jack Shoemaker of Counterpoint Press spoke at the Oct. 5 meeting of Left Coast Writers at Book Passage, Marin. Photo by Barbara Newhall.

Jack Shoemaker of Counterpoint Press Shares Fifty Years of Book Publishing Wisdom

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A Chance to Get Acquainted With That Muslim Next Door

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The Truth Behind That Happy Family Photo We Just Sent You. Sheltering at Home Week 39

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