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

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The de Young This Week: Bursting With Art — And Flowers

March 20, 2014 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Kaori Imaizumi of Blooming Floral Design, Inc., created a floral design for Henri's "Lady in Black with Spanish Scarf." Photo by BF Newhall

Art. Bouquets. More art. More bouquets. My idea of a good time. I spent the day yesterday at the annual Bouquets to Art show at the de Young Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park — joined by two friends who enjoy flowers and art as much as I do. Read more.

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder – But What If There’s No Beholder?

February 27, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Half-hidden flowering tree comes into view. Photo by BF Newhall

A flowering tree grows hidden in the canyon below our house. If no one sees it bloom, is it beautiful? Without a beholder, can there be beauty? Read more.

A Case of the Human Condition: Build a Wind Farm — Wreck Lake Michigan

January 23, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Lake Michigan with a colorful sky at sunset, seen from Michigan. Photo by Barbara Newhall

I saw the map and burst into tears. It broke my heart. Windmills, a hundred square miles of them, are being proposed for Lake Michigan – a couple miles off shore. In the lake. Beautiful, serene, life-giving Lake Michigan. Read more.

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Is That a Fibonacci Blooming in Our Yard?

Purple columbine blossoms in our rock garden in spring. A fibonacci number expressed. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Is ours a strictly mathematical universe? Are those columbines blossoming in our garden just a string of fibonacci numbers? Read more.

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