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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

I’m a Grammar Geek: I Don’t Get Nauseous. I’ve Never Received a Kudo. And I Never, Ever Lay on My Yoga Mat

October 25, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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I’m a grammar geek and I’m old: I don’t get nauseous. I’ve never received a kudo. And I never, ever lay on my yoga mat.  Read more.

Instead of My Toys, They Played With Peanut Shells

October 18, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Instead of playing with my toys, the visiting grandchildren played with a bag of peanut shells — and made tiny peanut people.  Read more.

It’s True. My New Bathroom Is . . . Beautiful

October 11, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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It’s true. My new bathroom is beautiful. I’ve been taking a lot of showers in there lately, so I should know.  Read more.

A Bathroom and a Book — I Finished Both This Week

October 10, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

A Bathroom and a Book -- I Finished Both This Week

Big news. Two huge projects finished the same week. A bathroom remodel and a book manuscript. Whew!  Read more.

My Elderly, Old School Blog — It’s Still Going Strong

September 27, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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I started blogging to promote my book back in 2009. Now my elderly, old school blog is spam-riddled and in need of an update.  Read more.

What About the Boys? What About the Men?

September 20, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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What about the boys? What about the men? Have we liberated women forgotten to listen to what our men are trying to say?  Read more.

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At Orinda Books: The Author Talked — And So Did the Audience

Author Barbara Falconer Newhall and interviewee Sister Barbara Hazzard gave a book talk at Orinda Books in Orinda, California, May 16, 2015. Photo by Jon Newhall

It was an afternoon of lively interaction between author, audience, and Sister Barbara Hazzard, who read from the story she tells in “Wrestling with God.” Read more.

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Are my ancestral ghosts haunting this Halloween house in Red Wing MN? Photo by Barbara Newhall

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