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

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Barbara’s Riffs on Life

Tulips, Orchids and More — Florists Put on a Lively Show for the Dead

March 26, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

It’s not often you get to do something for the dead. But every year, florists put on a show to benefit the Friends of Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, CA.

Writers Grotto Writers Bask in Their Three Minutes of Fame

March 24, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

Lauren Patti, reading an excerpt from her short memoir in progress at Book Passage-Ferry Building. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Writers and storytellers took the mic to share their works in progress Friday evening at Book Passage in San Francisco’s Ferry Building. Read more.

It’s Spring in Our Brilliant, Bursting, Buzzing Front Yard

March 20, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 1 Comment

Flow Poppies in my California garden. Photo by BF Newhall

I live in California where spring peaks in March. And by last week the little patch of hillside that is our front yard was alive with color. Read more.

Jeff Greenwald’s Merry Band of Storytellers (Including Me) Makes Its Debut

March 19, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 2 Comments

It’s happening. Jeff Greenwald’s storytelling class will be peforming at 6 p.m. Friday at the Book Passage bookstore in San Francisco’s Ferry Building.

A (Lengthy) Case of the Human Condition: Married 35 Years

March 5, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 2 Comments

Married -- Jon and Barbara Newhall at Getty Museum tram, 2012. Photo by Christina Newhall

Jon Newhall and I have been married for 35 years today. Two kids, one house and lots of rewarding jobs later, we seem to be in it for the long haul. Read more.

Why Meditate — When I Could Be Sweeping the Garage?

January 24, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

Jon Newhall sitting on our deck quietly, seen through a window, with trees. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall
I’ve tried meditating a few times – a very few times. I’m well read on the subject, however. Indeed, I’ve spent way more time reading about meditation than I’ve spent doing it.

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

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.

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