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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

the face of a digital radio. photo by Barbara Newhall

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.

It’s Launch Day for “Wrestling with God” and I’m Hoping You’ll Buy a Copy . . . or Two or Three

March 10, 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

Wrestling with God has arrived. Today is launch day, and I’m hoping that my subscribers will be the first to go to Amazon and their local bookstores to order themselves a copy. Read more.

The Dracena Is Dead. Long Live the Dracena

March 5, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Homeowner succeeds in removing eight-foot stalk from an overgrown dracena marginata plant. Photo by Barbara Newhall

I did it. I cut the dracena marginata growing wild in our living room down to size. Read more.

Help! My Dracena Marginata Has Hit the Ceiling — What Can I Do?

February 26, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

A dracena marginat houseplant has grown so tall that it is crushing itself against the homeowner's ceiling. Photo by Barbara Newhall

My dracena marginata is doing itself in. It’s hurling itself against our living room ceiling. What’s a plant owner to do? Please advise. Read more.

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A Thousand Goddesses–Some Nice, Some Not So Nice–Take Your Pick

Colorful, hand-painted terra cotta statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe, from Mexico. Photo by BF Newhall

I wish I had known Patricia Monaghan. She died a year and a half ago after a rich life as a poet, author, Goddess scholar, and pioneer and mentor in the contemporary women’s spirituality movement. She was an academic, yes, but also a hands-on kind of woman, as concerned with the temperature of her root cellar as the depth of her research. And that research is deep . . . Read more.

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