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

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Watching People Working With Their Hands — Why Am I So Fascinated? Sheltering in Place Week 25

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In Bologna they call them umarells, men hanging around building sites, watching people working with their hands. I’m an umarell. Here’s why. Read more.

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