I am old, and the older I get, the more I appreciate the brain’s filing system. I have always marveled at how the brain stores information and how the brain’s […]
Author Archives: Peggy Tarr
Peggy Tarr has been a columnist for the Evanston RoundTable since its founding in 1998. Born in Bruce Springsteen's hometown of Freehold, New Jersey, she graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in zoology, which led to an early career in lab science. After zigzagging to universities across the country in the early 1970s, she and her husband arrived at Northwestern and settled in Evanston to raise their family. She obtained a second degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in painting. She was chair of the Nichols Neighbors association for many years.
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Peggy Tarr: In the month of May
I discovered the website NationalDayCalendar.com, which lists the titles and historical information of each month’s days and weeks to be celebrated and commemorated, as well as the various titles given […]
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Peggy Tarr: April is International Black Women’s Heritage Month
A proclamation for April to be Black Women’s Heritage Month was made in 2016 by the Atlanta City Council. This proclamation was brought about by the efforts of one African […]
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Peggy Tarr: In the month of April
The month of April has many days that have annual designations for specific dates, but it also has designations that vary in date from year to year in April or […]
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Peggy Tarr: Art and hearts together
While out of town, I had to go to a post office. Unlike the Evanston post offices I had experienced, where the tables on which customers could write were located […]
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Peggy Tarr: Eyes on the Irish
March 17 is Saint Patrick’s Day, a day to honor the patron saint of Ireland, who brought Christianity to the Emerald Isle in the fifth century. Although my mother never […]
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Peggy Tarr: Women’s March
March is Women’s History Month, a month to honor women and their accomplishments and be made aware of their challenges. March 8 is International Women’s Day, which was adopted by the United […]
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Peggy Tarr: Civil and Right
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was proposed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson a year later. It prohibits discrimination based […]
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Peggy Tarr: Humankind
It was reported that Sidney Poitier (born 1927) died on Jan. 6, 2022. He was a Bahamian-American/African American actor, film director and ambassador to Japan and UNESCO. He was the […]
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Peggy Tarr: “A Man Of All Seasons”*
On Dec. 26, the first day of Kwanzaa**, the news reported that South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu had passed (1931-2021). My heart sank. Not only had Anglican Archbishop Tutu been […]