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Barbara Falconer Newhall

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

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A Dune on Lake Michigan: We Couldn’t Climb Eagle Top — So We Paid Homage From Afar

one- lane road into the woods in michigan with white pine and oak trees. photo by bf newhall

I emailed my cousin Jeanie. Did she want to visit some of our childhood haunts, like Eagle Top? Read more.

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