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Barbara Falconer Newhall

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

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Barbara Falconer Newhall

Yosemite — More Beautiful than the Himalayas?

December 12, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Al Aistrope at Tuolumne Meadows. Photo 2011 by Barbara Falconer Newhall

Is the Yosemite high country even more beautiful than the Himalayas? My hiking pal Al Aistrope thinks so. Read more.

More Pix of Beautiful Yosemite High Country

December 8, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

River rushes over granite rocks in Tuolumne High Country at Yosemite National Park. Photo by BF Newhall

Inyo National Forest, Yosemite, Tuolemne Meadows — I can’t go there without snapping photo after photo.Read more.

A Case of the Human Condition: My (Awesome) Zumba Body

December 7, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

zumba class in action. Photo by BF Newhall

Too much flesh here. Too much skin there. But I can Zumba. Read more.

At Tuolumne — Celebrating Getting Born

December 3, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Celebrating my 70th birthday with friends at Tuolemne Meadows. Barbara Newhall photo

Turning 70 was way better than turning 8 — because I spent the day at Yosemite’s beautiful Tuolemne Meadows with friends. Read more.

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.

Book Openers: How’d He Get an Audience with Her?

November 22, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Yes. That’s me with the Pope. OK, he’s cardboard. But I’m real. The cardboard Pope and I were

Lauren Winner: Seven Pithy Writing Tips From a Best-Selling Memoirist

November 22, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Lauren Winner, author of the popular “Girl Meets God,” offers tips for writers.

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I’m Thankful For a Clean Oven, Fresh Ice Cubes . . . and a Daughter-in-Law-to-Be

Lava rocks laid in ground for steppingstone garden path. Photo by BF Newhall

 

What I’m grateful for, what I’m jazzed and excited about today, are the small things that have gone right for me lately: A clean oven, freshly washed windows, and a new steppingstone path for the garden — all in time for Thanksgiving. See more.


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Tinka Falconer on beach at Pentwater, MI, 1982. PHoto by BF Newhall

Tinka Falconer: Her Ninety-Three Years

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Death, Taxes, the Constitution. The IRS Has Granted a Reprieve. Will the Grim Reaper? Sheltering in Place Week 5

A beach at Chimney Rock, Point Reyes, CA, is covered densely with elephant seal females and pups. Photo by BF Newhall

At Point Reyes: Wild Flowers . . . and Animals Wild and Tame

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Older, but Wiser? Or, When Life Gives You Lemons, Freeze Them

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