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...
by Peggy Williams | Jan 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jennifer Chiaverini kicked off her book tour for her new historical novel, Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, here in Madison this week. Jennifer is best known for her Elm Creek Quilts series of books. If you are a quilter you probably already know of her. While...
by Peggy Williams | Dec 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Angela England has long been an inspiration to me. I got to know her online through mutual freelance writing endeavors. She is the true “Renaissance” woman, working with her husband to raise five children on a small plot of land in...
