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Barbara Falconer Newhall

Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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Grace Falconer Perlmutter Kleis — How to Be a Glamorous Gal at Age 98

A glamorous red-head with her great nephew

My aunt was tall, red-headed, blue-eyed, self-sufficient and glamorous at a time and place when most women in her hometown wanted nothing more than to get married, have babies and put up green beans and blackberry jam. Read more.

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An unused barn and silo in Mason county, MIchigan. Photo by Barbara Newhal. Barbara Falconer Newhall travels up and down Michigan's lower peninsula, visiting friends and family and putting on book events for "Wrestling with God."

Mason County, Michigan — My One-Woman Road Trip Takes Me to Falconer Country

Girls wear pink, but grown women like this one opt for daring spike heels. Photo by Barbara Newhall

A Case of the Human Condition: Feminine, Feminist Pink

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I Miss My Friends. But I Miss My Acquaintances More — Sheltering at Home Week 5

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What Do You Say When Someone Dies?

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