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

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Would My Husband Like to Take My Name?

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My fiance had no middle name. When we married, I asked, would he like to take my name to fill the empty spot in the middle of his? Read more.

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cartoonist Cathy Guisewite's new book, "Fifty Thing That Aren't My Fault," arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Can't wait to read it. Photo by Barbara Newhall

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Memorial to journalists killed in the line of duty at the Newseum in Washington, D.C, bears the names of thousands of journalists. Photo by Sam Kittner/Newseum

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Widowed: He Knew How to Show a Girl a Good Time

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