by Peggy Joque Williams | Aug 23, 2024 | Genealogy
Note: This is an expanded version of a short piece of genealogy that I first published in my March, 2024 newsletter. My 6th great-grandfather, Antonei Farley, was born around 1689 in Galway, Ireland. His father, to the best of my knowledge was John Farely; his mother...
by Peggy Joque Williams | Oct 4, 2023 | Awesome Women Doing Awesome Stuff
A new (to me) author friend, Joy Ribar, is living the RV life of the characters Mary Joy Johnson and I created for our mystery novels On the Road to Death’s Door and On the Road to Where the Bells Toll. And yes, there are dead bodies involved. But no, Joy Ribar and...
by Peggy Joque Williams | Feb 19, 2023 | Genealogy
[Note: This post contains affiliate links. Peggy may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.] Lauren Goff’s Matrix: a Novel was recently recommended to me by a friend who knew I enjoyed reading—and writing—historical fiction. No, this book has...
by Peggy Joque Williams | Jan 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hello! And welcome to the revival of Musings of a MadCityWriter. I started this blog some years ago and took a hiatus to delve into genealogy and work on my historical novel, Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles (more on that in another post). The idea for the book...
by Peggy Joque Williams | Oct 17, 2022 | Recipes for Clueless Cooks
This weekend I had a huge butternut squash sitting on my counter complaining that it was going to waste. It had been given to me by a good friend who plucked it straight from her garden as I looked on. When she’d asked if I’d like it, I was too embarrassed to...
