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

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Book Openers: Memoiring in the Mountains with the Bestselling Jasmin Darznik

November 8, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I first met Jasmin Darznik back in 2006, and right away she presented a problem. We were in the same nonfiction writing workshop at Squaw Valley and I didn’t know what to say about her manuscript.

The Writing Room: My Idea of a Good Time — A Week in the Mountains with a Bunch of Other Writers

February 19, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I’ve attended the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley summer conference three different times and loved every moment. It’s a great chance to meet writers, editors, agents — and work on your writing.

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We’re Having a — Merry — Christmas Without the Kids This Year

A young woman carves the Thanksgiving turkey in the kitchen. Photo by BF Newhall

Christmas has gotten to be a scheduling nightmare in our family. Peter lives in Minnesota. Christina lives in Southern California. Jon and I live in Northern California. That puts 400 miles between us and our daughter and 1600 miles between us and our son and daughter-in-law. Not exactly over the river and through the woods. Read more.

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asphalt crew at work filling in gutter in front of my house. Photo by Barbara Newhall

The Writing Room: Am I Stuck? Or Am I Just Taking a Little Housekeeping Break?

George Leonard, San Francisco Bay Area author and counterculture guru. LOOK magazine writer. YouTube photo.

San Francisco’s George Leonard and the Tao of Writing

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Fixing Up That Homely Old Side Yard — At Last

Purple columbine blossoms in our rock garden in spring. A fibonacci number expressed. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Is That a Fibonacci Blooming in Our Yard?

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