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

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The Writing Room: If It’s Religious, Can It Be Art?

August 10, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Religious art. A rose wind in a church. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Is religious art an oxymoron these days? Can “great” art address matters spiritual in the modern era? Read more.

The Writing Room: To Niche or Not to Niche?

May 1, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Where’s my niche – spiritually, philosophically, politically? As a writer? For a writer, nichelessness can be a problem. I’m a hopelessly open-minded, doubting, wondering, yearning skeptic who senses the Holy at work in all sorts of people — Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, atheists.

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Forget Those Charming Little Forget-Me-Nots. They’re Not as Innocent as They Seem

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Forget those charming little forget-me-nots. They’re not as guileless as they look. They have an agenda.  Read more.

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Feng Shui Tip for the Writing Room and the Bedroom — Your Mother’s Not Allowed, and Neither Are the Kids

The Abortion Wars: Forcing a Woman to Continue a Pregnancy Is a Form of Assault

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The American Flag Is Flying in My Liberal, Elitist, San Francisco Bay Area Neighborhood Today. Here’s Why.

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