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Barbara Falconer Newhall

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

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Kids Leave Home. They Just Do

February 1, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Kids leave home. That’s how it often is in our oversized, mobile nation. We pack up and move across the country with impunity, leaving our families and origins behind.  Read more.

Revisiting My First Blog Post Ever — How the Selective Service Made a Man of My Son

February 18, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

The 1998 Selective Service pamphlet -- I left it at the post office.

The powers that be at the Selective Service System were after my son. Read more.

Weight Lifting Can Kill You — Shall I Email the News to My Weight-Lifting Son?

August 20, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Peter Newhall, a young man in his 30s, bench presses at a gym. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Weight lifting can kill you. Death by dead lift and dumbbell can sneak up on you long after you’ve put the weights back in the squat rack. Read more.

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This Summer I’d Like to Travel to the Ends of — My Back Yard. Sheltering at Home Week 16

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With COVID-19 cases spiking, it seems riskier than ever to travel. My back yard beckons — but our rickety garden stairs pose risks of their own. Read more.

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