by Peggy Williams | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Shortly after I got married – eons ago – I became obsessed with researching my family history. That was back in the days before home computers. To get records, I had to request microfiche film from our local Mormon church, send letters overseas with return...
by Peggy Williams | May 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
No, I’m not repeating high school. But I had recently read an article in the NewYork Times by an English teacher at a public school in Manhattan. Claire Needell Hollander said this: We’d just finished John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.” When we read...
by Peggy Williams | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
On April 22, I posted a review of a wonderful book by Geraldine Brooks called People of the Book. I was so taken with her story that I immediately contacted the author through her publicist at Viking/Penguin, Louise Braverman. What I had not thought to take into...
by Peggy Williams | Apr 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
I reported in my April 19th blog about the joyous performance of the belly dance students of the Dance Life & Fitness Studio owned by dancer/instructor Arielle Juliette. Belly Dancer Arielle Juliette Arielle takes great pride in her students and used the...
by Peggy Williams | Apr 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
As I said in an earlier post, I like a book that challenges me. I am most entertained when I am taken to a place or time or into the life of someone that is new to me. I also enjoy a book that employs extraordinary writing. Geraldine Brooks’ 2009...
by Peggy Williams | Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I had a fun, new, and most unusual—for me–experience this weekend. My daughter-in-law Hiroko invited me to a performance of her belly dance class. That’s right. Belly dance! The studio where she takes belly dance lessons is Dance Life Studio &...
