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Am I an Artist? Or Am I a Brand?

January 18, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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What kind of writer am I anyway? When I sit down to the keyboard, is it to write something beautiful — or something that will sell?  Am I an artist? Or am I a brand?  Read more.

When My Mother Was the Grandma

October 19, 2024 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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My mother was the grandma in the family. She deserved respect from our kids. Not because she’d earned it, but because she was the grandma.  Read more.

Grief — Love With No Place to Go

September 16, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Grief changes from day to day. For me right now, without my husband alongside me, grief is love with no place to go.  Read more.

Does Nature Even Know We’re Here?

August 20, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Does nature even know we’re here? Is nature benevolent? Cruel? Or indifferent? I used to think it was benign. Now I’m not so sure.  Read more.

Breathing Lake Michigan — Ludington to Traverse City

October 1, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Sunset light reflected on a channel leading into Lake Michigan near Ludington. Photo b Barbara Newhall Barbara Falconer Newhall travels up and down Michigan's lower peninsula, visiting friends and family and putting on book events for "Wrestling with God."

Traveling solo along Lake Michigan meant I could linger over coffee with friends. It also meant I could ignore my GPS and exit the freeway on a whim. Read more.

Wrestling With God on the Shores of Lake Michigan

September 19, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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At last a chance to read from “Wrestling with God” at the Pentwater, Michigan library. My idea of a good time. Read More

Inside Pentwater’s Antler Bar — A Beer Too Many

September 14, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Bar, Pentwater, Michigan, with an antler for a doorknob. Photo by Barbara Newhall

I went inside the Antler Bar in Pentwater, Michigan, and there I had one too many. Read more.

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What If You Threw a Book Launch — And Everybody Came?

A room full of empty chairs at Book Passage bookstore, California, awaits Barbara Falconer Newhall's book launch for "Wrestling with God." Photo by Jon Newhall

Was anyone going to show up? My author event Book Passage  would start soon, and there were dozens of very empty chairs, waiting to be filled. Read more.

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