Short and simple meals for guests. Casual grooming. Relaxed housekeeping. Is this the post-pandemic lifestyle that awaits us? I hope so. Read more.
A Case of the Human Condition
I’m Barbara Falconer Newhall and I’ve got an incurable Case of the Human Condition. And since you do too, I’m counting on you to laugh and cry along with me as I riff on life as we know it . . . Below you'll read about my creaky, old fifties house, my forays into home gardening, my shopping stories, my spectacularly low-fashion wardrobe -- and more.
I Did It! I Voted! And You Did Too (Or Soon Will). Sheltering at Home Week 34
I voted, and I’m pretty sure you did, too — or you will have by the time the day is out. You and I and tens of millions of other Americans. Read more.
Our New Patio — We’ve Added a Another Room to Our House. Sheltering at Home Week 33
We thought we were just replacing some sandstone in our front yard. Little did we know, our new patio added a whole new room to our house. Read more.
Unplanned Pregnancy? I Wasn’t as Alone as I Thought
It was the late 1960s, and I was a single woman living on my own in New York City facing the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy. Read more.
Unmarried and (Probably) Pregnant in Mid-Century America
Unmarried and pregnant in the 1960s — I was too ashamed to tell anyone then. But I’m telling the story now. Here’s why. Read more.
Window Treatment Sticker Shock — $13,000 for Living Room Drapes? Seriously? Sheltering at Home Week 29
With a window treatment costing 13K and a new patio costing more than what an entire house once cost, we’re also facing retirement sticker shock. Read more.
RBG: Glorious, Notorious — and Old
I want my little granddaughters to treasure and revere RBG because she was smart, compassionate, lovable — and old. Read more.