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

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A Dream About Wrestling With — Uh, Who Was That Anyway?

A dream about wrestling. Detail of a column in the Wurzburg Cathedral, shaped in a knot. Photo by Barbara Newhall

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College student enters airport with suitcases to go to Carleton College for his freshman year. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall

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A toddler has a bandage on her forehead after hitting her head on a wall. PHoto by Barbara Newhall

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