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

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Found: Big Bucks in My Sock Drawer. Lost: My Mother

October 5, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Tinka Falconer's gravesite. It's not lost. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall

I just found four brand new hundred-dollar bills in my sock drawer. Where in the world did that money come from? Read more.

The Trouble With Daffodils — and My Writing

April 11, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Solo yellow and white daffodil. Photo by BF Newhall

The trouble with daffodils is they have no subtext. They are all cheer and sparkle and optimism. They are avatars of perky. They get on my nerves. Read more.

A Case of the Human Condition: When a Young Mother Dies

May 18, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

a young mother dies. Beverly Bondy Rose on a trip to Children's Fairyland, Oakland, 1988.

In the months and years before she died of breast cancer, Beverly Bondy Rose created a safe and loving place for her little daugther and the people around her. Read more.

Death Is the Only Guarantee

May 8, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Olompali State Historic Park, CA, trees dying against a blue sky. Photo by Barbara Newhall.

Our bodies should be more like our cars. When a car fails, we can trade it in for a new one, but not our bodies. Some of my friends’ bodies are failing them at a very young age. Read more.

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The Truth Behind That Happy Family Photo We Just Sent You. Sheltering at Home Week 39

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We’re nothing like that happy family photo we send with our holiday card each year. Our photo rejects reveal we are a testy, scrappy lot.  Read more.

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