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More Construction Is Under Way — We’re Giving My Website a New Look

June 26, 2017 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Metal poles at a construction site to illustrate that BarbaraFalconerNewhall.com will be under construction for a few days. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Hey, everyone. My website will be down from time to time over the next few days. So . . . not to worry if it looks funny or is inaccessible. We are making BarbaraFalconerNewhall.com mobile friendly for easier viewing on your devices. And while we’re at it we’re reorganizing the entire website to show off the hundreds of posts, funny and poignant, useful and frivolous, that have landed here over the years. Not to worry, I’m not going anywhere.  — BFN

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