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A Cemetery Comes to LIfe — With Tulips

April 9, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Tulips of many colors hang upside down over the entrance to the Tower Chapel at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif., during its annual Tulip Exhibition. The design, titled "Puddle Jumping," is by the Merritt College Floral Design Department. Photo by Barbara Newhall

By now my faithful readers know that I’ve got a thing about tulips. So, of course, I dropped everything to take in a local tulip show last weekend. Read more.

Author Event at Book Passage in Corte Madera — Come Help Me Celebrate

April 2, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Author Barbara Falconer Newhall joyfully shows off her copy of Wrestling with God with cover design by Michelle Lenger. Photo by Barbara Newhall

You are invited to  an author event for my book at Book Passage bookstore in Marin county at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 11, 2015, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. Read more.

Cindy Newhall Weyant — A Bright Light Has Gone Out

April 1, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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My beautiful niece, Cindy Newhall Weyant, died in her sleep Tuesday night. Read more.

What Happens When You Drop Your Cell Phone Into the Sacred Buddhist Sand Painting?

March 26, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Monks of the Yellow Hat Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism create a sand paining in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by Barbara Newhall

The red-robed monks spent days creating an intricate Tibetan sand painting. In one corner is a jagged spot where a visitor dropped her cell phone. Read more.

Today: Radio Host Bob Dutko and I Get Real on WMUZ-FM Radio

March 19, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Conservative Christian radio host Bob Dutko will be calling me up at 2:30 ET today to chat about my new book, Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith. Read more.

Now’s the Time to Order “Wrestling with God” — And Read My Lake Michigan Story

March 14, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

The cover of Barbara Falconer Newhall's 2015 interfaith religion book "Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith" shows two red chairs opposing one another. Design by Michelle Lenger.

If you haven’t done it yet, now’s the time to order “Wrestling with God” — don’t miss the story of me on the beach at Lake Michigan. Read more.

TV Host Phil Cousineau: “‘Wrestling with God’ Is a Riverflow of a Book”

March 12, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

a man plays the flute by a small river in winter. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Phil Cousineau, host of TV’s “Global Spirit,” praises Wrestling with God as “a riverflow of a book.” Read more.

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Living to 100 — and then some: My grandmother lived till a few weeks short of her 100th birthday. My plan was to do the same.  Read more.

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