Floral designers showed off what a tulip can do — if you ask it nicely — at the Annual Tulip Exhibition at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California. 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.
A Midwestern Flower Garden — Beautifully Dead In the Dead of Winter
I couldn’t wait to head outdoors to see how my favorite flower garden was faring under a half foot of snow and temperatures below zero. Read more.
The Cataract Chronicles: Letting the Light Into That Other Eye
The best thing about cataract surgery is everything gets so bright and clear and 3-dimensional. It’s like being in a Star Wars movie. Read more.
The Cataract Chronicles — I’m Not Lovin’ My New IOL
Three months after my first cataract surgery, things are still fuzzy in my right eye. Unlike most veterans of cataract surgery, I’m not loving my new IOL. Read more.
Holiday Gifts: Fun, Funky Fiber Art — Woolly Scarves, and Down and Dirty Angels
Funky Gifts: Fiber art gets earthy these days in Berkeley, where even angels can get down and dirty. Read more.
Funny, Funky Gift Ideas — Bernie Sanders Earrings and Clocks Made of Vintage Books
Thanks to the ever-creative minds of Berkeley, California, a funny, funky gift can be yours to give — Bernie Sanders earrings or a wall clock made of vintage hardcover books. Read more.
The Cataract Chronicles: I’ll Be Seeing Me
One of the perks of having lots of years under your belt is that one fine day you get to have your cataracts done — and you get your old face back. Read more.