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

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I Confess. In 2020, I Washed the Potatoes. With Soap

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It was April, 2020. The pandemic was underway and you couldn’t be too careful about what you let into your house, including your groceries. Which is why I washed the potatoes, with soap.  Read more.

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A comfy chair in the spirituality section of Book Passage bookstore. Should authors read their reviews? Photo by Barbara Newhall

Should Authors Read Reviews of Their Books? I Did

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Comedian Robert Morse – Dead at 90. Very Much Alive at 36

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Do Books Have Rights? This One Didn’t. I Threw It in the Trash.

Barbara Falconer Newhall's book Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith on sale at Book Passage bookstore, Corte Madera, California. Photo by Barbara Newhall

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