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

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A Three Dishwasher Day — Make that Four

November 23, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Carving the Thanksgiving turkey. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall

I’ve loaded the dishwasher three times today. Daughter Christina madly baking…Read more.

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At Orinda Books: The Author Talked — And So Did the Audience

Author Barbara Falconer Newhall and interviewee Sister Barbara Hazzard gave a book talk at Orinda Books in Orinda, California, May 16, 2015. Photo by Jon Newhall

It was an afternoon of lively interaction between author, audience, and Sister Barbara Hazzard, who read from the story she tells in “Wrestling with God.” Read more.

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