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

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Barbara Falconer Newhall

A Case of the Human Condition: My Daughter the Trash Heap

October 28, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Christina Newhall dressing as trash heap for halloween. Photo by BF Newhall

My daughter is beautiful. But I wonder if she wants to be. If she liked being beautiful, why did she dress up as a heap of trash for Halloween when she was 11? A “Doctor Who” space alien at 28? Read more.

Book Openers: Is Polygamy Normal?

October 25, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Love Times Three authors

Is polygamy normal? If gays can get their marriages legalized, what’s to keep all those polygamists from seeking legalization of their status as well? Read more.

Post 9/11 Active Duty Vets: Country, Yes. God, Not So Much

October 10, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

82 percent of veterans who served on active duty since 9/11 say they would advise a young person close to them to sign up for the military.

Book Openers: Good News — Life Is Flawed and There Is No Fixing It

October 10, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

There comes a time, in the second half of life, when we must realize that we are doomed to failure, says Richard Rohr.

Twenty-two Years Later, A Tiananmen Survivor Finally Tells All

October 6, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

book jacket A Heart for Freedom by Chai Ling.

Twenty-two years after the crack-down at Tiananmen Square, a leader of the protests there finally tells her story. Why did it take so long? Read more.

Found: Big Bucks in My Sock Drawer. Lost: My Mother

October 5, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Tinka Falconer's gravesite. It's not lost. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall

I just found four brand new hundred-dollar bills in my sock drawer. Where in the world did that money come from? Read more.

Book Openers: Why Are All Those Catholics – So Darned Catholic?

October 4, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

author robert barron on the catholic church

What is at the heart of Catholicism? What makes all those Catholics so tenaciously Catholic? The Rev. Robert Barron would say – the Incarnation. Read more.

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Book Openers: A Heather Donahue Lexicon — Flopsweat and Larfy Defined

Heather Donahue's book jacket Grow Girl: How My LIfe After "The Blair Witch Project Went to Pot"

Here’s some help with the pot-growing argot in Heather Donahue’s book, "Grow Girl."

 

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The hills of California's Grapevine pass are dry and silvery gold in the drought winter of 2014. Photo by BF Newhall

For Wetter, For Drier — I’m Married to California

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Kirkus Reviews ‘Wrestling with God’ This Month

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A Lost Child in Wartime Detroit — A Headscarf Story

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Widowed: My Husband’s Stuff Is Still Here. I’ve Got My Reasons

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