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

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Barbara Falconer Newhall

Jon Was a Sports Fan. Am I?

June 4, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Jon loved sports. I didn’t. But I did love Jon, and he was a sports fan, so I followed his teams. Now that he’s gone, am I still a sports fan? Read more.

Did Covid Kill My Husband? Was He ‘Collateral Damage’ of the Pandemic?

May 28, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Covid-19 has killed 1,000,000 Americans. How many additional, collateral casualties were there? Was Jon one of them? Did Covid kill my husband?  Read more.

There’s a Pollinator in My Pollinator Garden

May 21, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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The columbine, the statice and the armeria had been planted only a week earlier, but already there was a pollinator in my pollinator garden.  Read more.

A Pollinator Garden: Putting In Flowers and Hoping for the Birds, the Bees and the Beetles

May 14, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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I want flowers. I want a pollinator garden. I want the crazy daisies, the seaside fleabane, the irises — and the birds and the bugs.  Read more.

The Abortion Wars: Forcing a Woman to Continue a Pregnancy Is a Form of Assault

May 7, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Requiring a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term is an assault on her agency as a person. It’s also literally an assault on her body.  Read more.

Widowed: A Love Letter From Jon Arrived This Week

April 30, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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I’m widowed and a love letter from Jon, my husband, arrived this week — in the form of the house we bought and built together.  Read more.

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

April 23, 2022 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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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.

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Grandparenting Via Webcam — Helping Out Those Frazzled Parents. Sheltering a Home Week 13

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Babysitting via webcam: The grandchildren are sheltering at home with their frazzled mom and dad. Can grandparents give parents a break from afar? Read more.

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Cover of the book "The Abundance" by Annie Dillard. Photo by Barbara Newhall

At the Feet of Annie Dillard, Memoirist, Essayist, Observer of the Real

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Good Books I Haven’t Really Read: Anna Quindlen, Stephen Prothero, David Talbot and a Book About French Love . . .

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Widowed: Jon’s Memorial Tree Is Thriving — Both of Them

TThe Bay Area Book Festival Berkeley, California. Rob Bell signed copies of his "How to Be Here." and talked about "shall I write another book?" Photo by Barbara Newhall

Write Another Book? I Dunno . . .

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