by Peggy Williams | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have to admit up front that I know nothing about gardening—I regularly cause silk flowers to die by over-watering them. So it doesn’t take much for me to admire those who have the knack. However, Christine Eirschele has more than a knack—she has achieved...
by Peggy Williams | May 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
My father, Walter Percy Joque, was an Air Force navigator/bombardier in WWII. He flew missions over North Africa and Italy, where he was shot down. He spent the last year of the war in a German Prisoner of War camp. Dad learned the High Flight poem and memorized...
by Peggy Williams | May 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
I had the privilege this week to attend an event at which His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke. Change Your Mind Change The World was sponsored by the UW-Madison’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and the Global Health Institute. The event was...
by Peggy Williams | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
The intimacy of a small theater tends to create the feeling of being one of the characters in a play, even if just a silent, observant one. That was the feeling I had as I watched the Mercury Players production of Caleb Stone’s play, The Arsonists this...
by Peggy Williams | Apr 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
I recently became acquainted with the work of Dianne Lynn Gardner, author of a YA/middle-grade adventure fantasy saga titled Ian’s Realm. The three books in the series include: Deception Peak, TheDragon Shield, and the soon to be released Rubies and Robbers. The...