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Barbara’s Riffs on Life

Cathy Guisewite: I Can’t Wait to Spend Time With This Funny, Wise Lady

April 6, 2019 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

cartoonist Cathy Guisewite's new book, "Fifty Thing That Aren't My Fault," arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Can't wait to read it. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist and author of “Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault,” writes the way I want to write: with humor and grace. Read more.

Joe Biden: I’m Rewriting That Post I Wrote About Joe

April 5, 2019 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Joe Biden is a great guy, but he doesn't really get it. That's OK for a seventy-something like him, but not for the Xers and beyond. New York Times articles discussses. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Joe Biden is a good guy. But he doesn’t get it. This touchy-feely stuff has never been OK. He needs to own up to that. Read more.

I’m Back! The Writer in Me Is Back With a Book Pitch

March 26, 2019 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

The Douro River from a Viking Cruise ship. After travels, writer me is back at work on a book pitch.

I’m back at the keyboard and hard at work on the book pitch for my project. What do you think? Read more.

Scott Newhall — Herb Caen Reminisces and So Do I

November 5, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Ruth Newhall, Scott Newhall, Barbara Falconer Newhall and her new husband Jon Newhall. Photo by Jerry Telfer

San Francisco columnist Herb Caen wrote that Chronicle editor Scott Newhall believed “the mad world of journalism could be madly entertaining.” Read more.

Out-Takes From a Small Town Police Blotter Reveal a Serious Case of the Human Condition

October 18, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

In California’s Gold Country, the bad news is not too bad, if a recent edition of the Western Nevada County Union’s police blotter is to be believed. Read more.

Watching Christine Blasey Ford — And Brett Kavanaugh — With a Husband I Can Count On

September 28, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Brett Kavanaugh testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, September 27. 2018, in a CNN report.

Christine Blasey Ford vs. Brett Kavanaugh: Jon and I are as demoralized as we were 27 years ago during the Hill-Thomas hearings. Read more.

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The Politics of Housework, Revisited

Men and housework and childcare. A man carries his affectionate toddler girl. Photo by Barbara Newhall

As a feminist conversant with the politics of housework, I tried not to be too preoccupied with clean. Then I learned I was allergic to the dustballs under my marital bed. Read more.

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