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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...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Emil Cioran, Lena Dunham, Per Petterson — Do I Really Want Them Hanging Out in My Psyche?

Try this thought on for size: “It is not worth the bother of killing yourself,...

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 17, 2015

John Shelby Spong: Yes, We’re Going to Heaven, But It’s Not Where You Think

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Some books are even better the second time around. That's the...