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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

Blood and Guts in My Backyard. Or, Nature Tidies Up

December 2, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Blood and guts in my backyard: A half-eaten deer lay sprawled under my cypress tree. Ravens croaked the news from the tree above.  Read more.

Betty Rollin: A Light Has Gone Out. And So Have Many Others

November 30, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Betty Rollin: A light has gone out. And so have many others — Rosalynn Carter, Harry Belafonte, Dianne Feinstein, Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Ellsberg …  Read more.

TV or Not TV: The Week We Turned Off Our 1980s Go-To Screen

November 25, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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TV or Not TV? In 1987 the go-to screen for exasperated moms looking for a way to distract rambunctious kids was — the television set.  Read more.

Talking Turkey

November 18, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

A Thanksgiving turkey, roasted brown and ready to carve. Photo by Barbara Newhall

It’s Thanksgiving, time to talk turkey. Read more.

Change Happens. It Just Does

November 11, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

A flowering trees buds out in February 2013 in California. Photo by BF Newhall

Sibling Loyalty: My Brother Has a Sister. And I’ve Got a Brother

November 4, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Sibling loyalty. Sometimes it means you can ignore your writing deadline and have a fun visit with your brother who just had knee surgery.  Read more.

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My Little Old Lady Christmas Tree — Showing It Who’s Boss

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It’s time to buy myself another little old lady Christmas tree, haul it into the house and stand it on the coffee table — creaky knees and knuckles, notwithstanding.  Read more.

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