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July 2016

July 26, 2016

My Mother’s Stuff — Is That All That’s Left of Her?

By Barbara Falconer Newhall My mother isn't here anymore. She died. But like most people...

July 05, 2016

Do Plants Have a Will to Live? These Did

By Barbara Falconer Newhall It was done. Those ugly, maroon snapdragons had been banished from our front yard, despite...

February 2016

February 02, 2016

An Imperfect Death — My Mother’s Last Words to Me Before She Died

My mother died five winters ago. As her death approached, I imagined a poignant death-bed...

November 2015

November 03, 2015

On a Good Day, God’s Right There, Can’t Miss Him

For most of my adult life I haven't been so sure about God. That such a...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

Anne Lamott: ‘Where Your Feet Are Is Sacred Space’

By Barbara Falconer Newhall It’s time to stop the train, Anne Lamott was telling her --...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Huston Smith: What a Nonagenarian Can Tell You About God

By Barbara Falconer Newhall When Huston Smith turned 90 he did what he’d been doing...

April 07, 2015

Equanimity — Even the “Mad Men” Can’t Fake It

By Barbara Falconer Newhall I'll get to the equanimity part of this post in a...

February 2015

February 03, 2015

God – Too Good To Be True?

For most of my adult life I wasn’t so sure about God. That such a...