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My Big Brother Loves Me — The Cataract Chronicles Continued

August 7, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

In 1962, when Barbara Falconer Newhall returned from summer in Europe with souvenirs for family. Barbara Newhall photo

When my big brother saw me without glasses for the first time in a half century, his reaction took me by surprise. Read more.

Actor Robert Morse – Sweaty at 36, Sublime at 83

May 31, 2014 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

A black and white photo of actor Robert Morse as a young comedian gawking for the camera.

The last time I saw Robert Morse there were beads of sweat on his forehead. It was 1967 and he was working the crowd on the set of a local TV comedy show. Robert Morse was on. He was going for laughs and he was going for them with the intensity of a rocket launch. He was doing what mid-life folks do – he was striving.

Early Late Youth Gives Way to Middle Middle Age

June 12, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

When I was twenty, I didn’t want to be thirty. When I was forty, I considered fifty a disaster. And now that I’m sixty-seven I don’t want to even think about sixty-seven, let alone sixty-eight.

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Grandparenting Via Webcam — Helping Out Those Frazzled Parents. Sheltering a Home Week 13

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Babysitting via webcam: The grandchildren are sheltering at home with their frazzled mom and dad. Can grandparents give parents a break from afar? Read more.

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