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Comedian Robert Morse – Dead at 90. Very Much Alive at 36

April 23, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

comedian robert morse in a Clip from Man Men TV show showing Robert Morse singing and dancing with secretaries.

The last time I saw comedian Robert Morse he was a young guy, a fireball. It was 1967 and he was working the crowd on the set of a TV show.  Read more.

Pete Holmes, Stephen Colbert (and God) on Life and Death

April 16, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 14 Comments

Pete Holmes, Stephen Colbert -- and God. A memorial-candle-on-the-altar

At Easter Christians celebrate Jesus’s resurrection — Jesus was dead, and then he wasn’t. Was Jon dead, and then not?  Read more.

Am I Too Old to Lose That Weight? My Doctor Says I Am

April 9, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 14 Comments

 too old to lose that weight? using-the-bathroom-scale

Is my doctor giving up on me now that I’ve turned 80? Does he think I don’t have many good years left — and I’m too old to lose that weight?  Read more.

Zelensky’s TV Show — What ‘Servant of the People’ Says About Ukraine

April 2, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 2 Comments

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Volodymyr Zelensky’s TV show — a comedy — explains a lot. Like why the Ukrainian people did not roll over and play dead for Putin. Read more.

The Truth About Widows — We Cry a Lot

March 26, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 20 Comments

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We widows cry a lot. But sometime I stop and ask myself, why am I crying? Am I mourning his life — or mine?  Read more.

Widowed, I Celebrated His Birthday With Cupcakes

March 19, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 10 Comments

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Widowed, I celebrated his birthday without him — with two birthday cupcakes, one for him and one for me. Because there were still two of us.  Read more.

Beware. The Decluttering Craze Could Leave You Holding the Designer Handbag.

March 12, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 9 Comments

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Everybody’s decluttering, including my friends and family, and sometimes other people’s unwanted stuff ends up on my doorstep.  Read more.

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Mom With Kids — The Home Office Blues

A 1986 home office with computer, crib, toddler and cat. Photo by Barbara Newhall

I liked being shoehorned into a 9-by-11-foot home office with three computers, a telephone, a cat, and a dear husband — most of the time. Read more.

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