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

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I've written hundreds and hundreds of posts over the years. To help you find your way to the best of the best, I've tagged my favorites "Don't Miss!" Scroll down here to find them.

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What Is Beauty? It’s Seeing the World for the First Time — At Abbott’s Lagoon

July 8, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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The exuberant summer foliage we witnessed at Abbott’s Lagoon the other day felt like a gift . . .  from somewhere. A tossed bouquet. Read more.

The Fourth of July — With Liberty and Justice for All

July 1, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Some think flying the American flag is a right-wing thing to do. For me, the flag is a symbol of good old “liberty and justice for all.”  Read more.

Widowed: Shouldn’t I Be Over It by Now?

June 24, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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After more than two years of being widowed, shouldn’t I be over it by now? I’m not. The universe has tilted and it has yet to right itself.  Read more.

Father’s Day vs. Mother’s Day — And Today’s Liberated Dads

June 17, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Father’s Day vs. Mother’s Day? With today’s young men doing more and more of the parenting, why not celebrate fathers as heartily as we do mothers?  Read more.

Tint My Eyebrows? It’s an Existential Question

June 10, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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It’s an existential question I’ve been asking myself lately: do I go gentle into that good night — or do I tint my eyebrows?  Read more.

Women — Can They Have It All?

May 27, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

women -- can they have it all, like singer-songwriter-jaspar-lepakWomen — can they have it all? Can a woman have the child and her dreams of a career? I say, yes, she can. Go for it!  Read more.

An Unruly Garden Tamed at Last

May 13, 2023 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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An unruly garden tamed: Neglected during the pandemic, it had become a leafy free-for-all with star jasmine tangling with Japanese anemone.  Read more.

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I’m Thanking People a Lot These Days. Why Is That?

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I notice that I’ve been thanking people a lot lately. People — not God, not the Universe, not “the force that through the green fuse drives the flower.”  Read more. 

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Widowed: It’s Been a Year and He’s Still Gone

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