Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.
Buried in the sandy soil along Lake Michigan. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
Wow. The other day I found four – count ‘em four – brand new hundred-dollar bills in my sock drawer. They were tucked in an envelope with a note from my husband in bold red and green letters, “Merry Christmas, Barbara.”
How in the world did that money get in my sock drawer? [Read more...]
My mother in 1982. I like this picture because I took it, so she's smiling at me. Photo by BF Newhall
Here’s a copy of my mother’s obituary. The whole family traveled to Michigan in July for a memorial mass and burial next to my father in the Pentwater Cemetery. Life feels strange without her. — BFN
Catherine Falconer, 93, passed away on December 18, 2010, in Palo Alto, California. Tinka, as she was affectionately known, [Read more...]
My son Peter gets to know the outlet at Lake Michigan. Photos by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall, The Oakland Tribune, August 9, 1987
Up in Siskiyou mountain country, in the northwest corner of California, there is a spot known to the Karuk tribe as Kota-Mein. In the Karuk language, Kota Mein means “center of the world.” Like their ancestors before them, the Karuk people hike up to sacred spots like Kota-Mein, Chimney Rock and Doctor Rock to talk to the Great Spirit and to receive power.
I have never been to Kota-Mein, but I have been to Bass Lake, Mich.
If I were drawing a map of the world, its center would be at Bass Lake, just where its outlet flows into the great, blue Lake Michigan. [Read more...]
My Michigan friends are emailing me about the Asian carp threatening to enter Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes from the Illinois canal system. The carp would seriously endanger fish and other wildlife in the Lakes and local rivers.
Read more at www.stopasiancarp.com
Lake MIchigan sunset. Photo by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
I saw the map and burst into tears. It broke my heart.
Windmills, a hundred square miles of them, are being proposed for Lake Michigan – a couple miles off shore. In the lake. [Read more...]
