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

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Archives for 2011

Tinka Falconer: Her Ninety-Three Years

July 8, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Here’s an obituary for my mother, Tinka Falconer, who died in December. Read more.

The Writing Room: My Book’s Almost Done, Sorta

April 9, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

[caption id="attachment_4618" align="aligncenter" width="450"]My computer monitor in action. Photo by Bf Newhall My computer monitor the day before my mother broke her hip and brought progress on my book to a halt for a year. Photo by Barbara Newhall[/caption]

My book is close to done. I’ve been working on it for nigh on to 13 years now. Can’t imagine what it will feel like to have it done-ish. Read more.

How to Tell if You’re a Writer

March 25, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

A writer is someone who . . .

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My Brand-New White Hair. It’s Real. It’s Scary. But I Kinda Like It

White hair author Barbara Falconer Newhall has stopped coloring and dying her hair so that the white hair now shows. Photo by Barbara Newhall

My white hair grew out when I was too sick with mono to keep it colored. To my surprise, I think I look smashing in my new look. Read more.

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Silver satin 4 1/2 inch high shoes with clear stone pave straps at Nordstrom $129.95. Photo by BF Newhall.

My Killer Shoes — Brought Down to Size by Those Four-and-a-Half-Inch Heels

Bride in violet and cerise sari with guest in fuchsia sari at a wedding in San Francisco Bay Area. Photo by BF Newhall

When the Bride Doesn’t Wear White — And Neither Does Anyone Else

The cover of The Best of KidSpirit OnLine, Vol. II, shows a intense sport bicyclist. Photo by Jack True.

KidSpirit OnLine: Where Young Souls Take On the Big–Old–Questions

A granite boulder in Yosemite's high country. Photo by BF Newhall.

Photo Op: Yosemite Rocks — And Sometimes It Rolls

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