Date Posted	January 01, 2006
News Title	Laughter is the Best Medicine… and a Fountain of Youth!
Posted By	Bobby Bernshausen
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Getting older doesn’t have to mean growing duller! In Babette Williams’ memoir Dancing in High Cotton, laugh and learn with a later-in-life couple who blend differences, find joy amid ridiculous miscommunications and discover that honesty and humor are the keys to a great relationship at any age. “One of the first things I did when Aubrey and I were in bed together was break his rib!” This is but one of the many absurd happenings that occur when two widowers in their mid-sixties, one from the North and one from the South, unexpectedly meet and eventually marry. Writing with wry humor, Williams chronicles the couple’s adventures – and misadventures – as they join their lives, survive several moves and learn to age gracefully. The moral of this story is that life’s not over until you decide not to live it. Readers will discover that laughter and fun go a long way. The author spent 35 years in the horse world as a professional trainer, equitation instructor, owner, breeder and an approved judge with the American Horse Shows Association. Her second career was as a real estate broker in New Jersey and Florida. Her publications include “Lucky,” which appeared in The Gaited Horse and won the Annual Merial Human-Animal Bond Award in 2002; and “The Swamp,” an outsider’s look at Florida Gator football, published in the University of Florida Alumni Magazine in 2004. She and her husband live in a retirement community in Florida, where they enjoy their blended family, their dogs and above all, each other. Dancing in High Cotton is available in softcover (ISBN 1-589397-799-1) and hardcover (ISBN 1-58939-800-9) from Virtualbookworm.com, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. The book can also be ordered from most bookstores around the United States and the United Kingdom. -30-
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