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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

A Case of the Human Condition: I’ve Got a Dirty Little Secret — I (Still) Can’t Say No to Toys

November 2, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

ewok hut toy about 16 inches tall with ewok characters. Photo by BF Newhall

Some people can’t resist chocolate. For others, it’s clothes. Some folks, oddly enough, will spend $110,000 on a Ferrari with no back seat and hardly any trunk. Imagine that . . . For me as the mother of young children, toys were my weakness. Read more.

A Case of the Human Condition: Help Us Choose Our Christmas Card Photo

October 30, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

We have a slew of family photos we could put on our Christmas card this year. Help us decide which one. Vote for your favorite.

A Case of the Human Condition: You Can’t Go Home Again . . . Oh, But You Can

October 23, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

It turns out that, yes, you can go home again. If you’re me, that is. All I had to do was show up for my high school class reunion and there I was, back in Birmingham, Michigan.

A Case of the Human Condition: Hanging Out in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

October 16, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Peter and I walked over to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Claes Oldenburg’s “Spoonbridge and Cherry” is a kick, but I gravitated to Jenny Holzer’s witty “Selections From the Living Series.”

A Case of the Human Condition: Walking the Walker in Minneapolis

October 9, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

After the Religion Newswriters Conference in Minneapolis in September, I took time out to visit our son Peter. Together we took a walk around the Walker Art Center. Here’s what we saw.

A Case of the Human Condition: Living the Good Life — In Minneapolis

October 2, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Photos from the Midwest’s best-kept secret: lively, liveable Minneapolis.

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My First Royalty Check Has Arrived — How Cool Is That?

Barbara Falconer Newhall's book "Wrestling with God" is on display on a counter in A Great Good Place for Books bookstore in Oakland California. Photo by Barbara Newha

Hey! Hey! My very first royalty check has arrived. It’s not big bucks, but it’s real. Read more.

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