Twenty-two Years Later, A Tiananmen Survivor Finally Tells All
Twenty-two years after the crack-down at Tiananmen Square, a leader of the protests there finally tells her story. Why did it take so long? Read more.
Found: Big Bucks in My Sock Drawer. Lost: My Mother
I just found four brand new hundred-dollar bills in my sock drawer. Where in the world did that money come from? Read more.
Book Openers: Why Are All Those Catholics – So Darned Catholic?
What is at the heart of Catholicism? What makes all those Catholics so tenaciously Catholic? The Rev. Robert Barron would say – the Incarnation. Read more.
Book Openers: Forgiveness Is Tough — Atonement, Even Tougher
TV host Phil Cousineau looks at the flip side of forgiveness — atonement — in his new book “Beyond Forgiveness.” Read more.
Book Openers: Meet the Polygamist Family That Inspired TV’s “Big Love”
I got a close-up look at the polygamous Darger family, three wives, one husband, who inspired the TV series “Big Love.” Read more.
Book Openers: Robert Bellah on Religion and Evolution
Sociologist Robert Bellah on Religion and Human Evolution
Tinka Falconer: Her Ninety-Three Years
Here’s an obituary for my mother, Tinka Falconer, who died in December. Read more.
The Writing Room: My Book’s Almost Done, Sorta
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My computer monitor the day before my mother broke her hip and brought progress on my book to a halt for a year. Photo by Barbara Newhall[/caption]
My book is close to done. I’ve been working on it for nigh on to 13 years now. Can’t imagine what it will feel like to have it done-ish. Read more.
How to Tell if You’re a Writer
A writer is someone who . . .
The Writing Room: Write About My Aging Mother? I Don’t Think So . . .
Ten reasons why I’m finding it impossible to write about my 92-year-old mother, even though she’s all I can think about right now . . . .