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

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Grandparents Day Is Today — How to Grandparent and Why

September 13, 2020 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Grandparent's Day. A grandfather, father and grandson, circa 1941. Photo by Tinka Falconer

It’s Grandparents Day today. How to be a grandparent? I haven’t a clue. Why do we do it? I have some thoughts on that one.  Read more.

Mason County, Michigan — My One-Woman Road Trip Takes Me to Falconer Country

September 23, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Windmills outlined against the sky of Mason county, Michigan, farmland. Photo by Barbara Newhall

A visit to Falconer country — Mason county — was a must-do stop on my one-woman road trip up and down and across Michigan. A cousin showed me around the old family farms. Read more.

The Quilt From Hell — Forty-Two Years Later, It’s Still Not Finished

February 5, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

An unfinished quilt and stray piece of calico overflow from a storage drawer. Photo by Barbara Newhall

It had been staring at me from that drawer for decades. The quilt from hell. My wedding present to my brother and his wife. Never finished, never presented. Read more.

Guest Post From Jon: Does “Under God” Belong in the Pledge of Allegiance?

March 13, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Does under God belong in the pledge? Downtown Pentwater Michigan village on 4th of July with people sitting on curb waiting for the parade. Photo by BF Newhall

Jon was shocked when a Federal Appeals Court ruled that including “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance did not violate the Constitution’s Establishment Clause. Read more.

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When a Grown Daughter Doesn’t Call — Or, How to Overmother a Twenty-Something

Christina Newhall with cell phone. Photo by BF Newhall

Christina hadn’t called. We had dropped her at the airport hours ago. The flight to Burbank takes only seventy minutes. She should be home by now. But Jon and I still hadn’t gotten the, “I’m home. The plane didn’t crash. My roommate remembered to pick me up, and we didn’t get mugged in the garage,” phone call. Read more.

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Jeff Greenwald, author of "Shopping for Buddhas," settled on purchasing this Buddha during his shopping serach in Nepal. It is the touching the Earth Buddha mudra. Photo by Barbara Newhall writers

Jeff Greenwald and Kevin Griffin — A Funny Buddhist and a Happy One

children's book reviewer barbara falconer newhall has tossed a children's book in the trash. Photo by BF Newhall

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

Tinka Falconer at Pentwater, Michigan, 1982. Photo by BF Newhall

Why I Can’t Write My Memoir — Not the Part About My Mom Anyway

Cover of the book "Trump's America: The Complete Loser's Guide," by Scott Dikkers.

Jesus Was a Loser — Does That Make Donald Trump a Winner?

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