"There they were! I’d spotted the dark shapes of the flying foxes hanging by their feet in the ironwood trees by Pago Pago Bay. I’m...

Valley, Nebraska high school classmates at my book talk at the Bookworm in Omaha. A lifetime of friendship! What a fun time sharing My...

Delightful to see such a nice review of my book online! Here's an excerpt: "Barr’s memoir is a chronicle of the inner and outer life of a...

I'm delighted to announce my first book talk and signing at KOANA COFFEE in Mountain View!! It's been a slog to live, write, edit, and...

IT’S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH so I’d like to share one of my favorite poems on a page from my book My View from the House by the Sea . Toe...

When I was in Peace Corps in Samoa a dozen years ago, I wrote a blog about that adventure – some of which appears in my memoir My View...