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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.

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.

Facebook Identity Confirmation: FB Wants My ID. Should I Give It?

September 22, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Facebook Identity Confirmation: A Facebook post about Brett Kavanaugh posted by Barbara Falconer Newhall, was rejected by FB ad department because it was political and did not have a FB Identity Confirmation. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Facebook refused my ad because I didn’t have a Facebook Identity Confirmation — and my post was “related to politics or national issues.” Which, of course it was. Read more.

Brett Kavanaugh: The One Teenager We Know for Sure He Bullied

September 19, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Senator Orrin Hatch welcomes Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, July 2018. Senate photo

By ruling that Jane Doe must put off getting an abortion, Brett Kavanaugh forced a teenager to remain pregnant — to be pregnant — against her will. Read more.

Too Many Walls — and Not Enough Bathrooms — at Our House

July 28, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Too many walls: Homeowners of this 1950s ranch are contemplating removing the wall between their kitchen and dining room. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Our house has too many walls. It was built in the 1950s when families wanted to close the door on the kitchen mess, and one upstairs bath was just fine. Read more. 

My Brand-New White Hair. It’s Real. It’s Scary. But I Kinda Like It

May 24, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

White hair author Barbara Falconer Newhall has stopped coloring and dying her hair so that the white hair now shows. Photo by Barbara Newhall

My white hair grew out when I was too sick with mono to keep it colored. To my surprise, I think I look smashing in my new look. Read more.

Mono — It’s Never Too Late to Come Down With the Cool Kids’ Kissing Disease

May 17, 2018 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Elderly woman with mono. Author and blogger Barbara Falconer Newhall succumbs to mono and curls up with an alpaca blanket for comfort. Photo by Jon Newhall

My doctors, a string of them, hadn’t thought to test me for mono. After all, seventy-somethings don’t get mono. Or so we thought. Read more.

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Old and Getting Older — The Octogenarian and the Four-Year-Old

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