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

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Barbara Falconer Newhall

In Defense of Pink

April 29, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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In defense of pink: Pink is a legitimate color. It deserves respect. It’s not teal. It’s not periwinkle. It is pink, and it has a lot to give.  Read more.

Did the Pandemic Shut-Down Change the Way We Live?

April 22, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Travel with me back in time to the bad old days of 2020 to consider — did the pandemic shut-down change the way we live?  Read more.

My Years Are Numbered. Give Me Those Blossoms — Now

April 15, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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My years are numbered. Who knows, I might be at the point where I’ve got more money than time. Give me the plant that’s ready to bloom — now.  Read more.

A Meditation for Holy Week: An Afterlife Where Time Does Not Exist?

April 8, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Eternal life? That’s got to be boring as hell. How about an afterlife where time does not exist, that’s outside of time as we know it?  Read more.

Widowed and Lonely

April 1, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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I want friends and family to think I’m doing just fine, even though I’m not. The truth is, I’m widowed and lonely.  Don’t miss.

Tales From the Pandemic Shut-Down — It’s Been Three Years

March 25, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Memories of the strange and frightening months of quarantine are fading. Is it time to retell those tales of the pandemic shut-down?  Read more.

What to Say to a Widow

March 18, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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What to say to a widow? Here’s a tip: If the widow in question is me — tell me a true story about my husband.  Read more.

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The Cataract Chronicles: I’ll Be Seeing Me

Author Barbara Falconer Newhall takes a photo of herself without glasses before cataract surgery to see what she'll look like. Photo by Barbara Newhall

One of the perks of having lots of years under your belt is that one fine day you get to have your cataracts done — and you get your old face back. Read more.

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A totality disappointment: An eclipse chaser lies on the ground for a better view of the total eclipse August, 2017, St. Joseph, MO. Photo by Barbara Newhall

A Totality Disappointment in St. Joseph, Missouri

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Instead of My Toys, They Played With Peanut Shells

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My Husband Is Gone. But the Tree Trimmers Showed Up as Promised.

My grandfather David Falconer in 1893. Photo by Ludington Studios

A Case of the Human Condition: Am I Scotch?* Or Midwestern?

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