peggy sijswerda

Peggy Sijswerda, MFA, lives in Virginia Beach and writes about travel, food, and wellness and is the author of Still Life with Sierra, a travel memoir. Facebook @ifyouseekadventure, Instagram @peggywrites, peggysijswerda.com.

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Elizabeth River Project Introduces Sustainable Lab

A tiny fish called a mummichog was the canary in the coal mine. In the early 1990s, scientists discovered that 90 percent of the mummichogs harvested from a section of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk had precancerous lesions. The river and its tributaries were dying—choked by decades of pollution from industrial discharge and malfunctioning sewer […]
August 30, 2025

Yoga on the Magnolia Terrace

Carlyle House Historic Park
August 30, 2025

Goodbye Summer Vendor Fair

St. Luke’s UMC
August 30, 2025

Buckroe Arts in the Park

Buckroe Beach & Park