by Susan Matley | Sep 17, 2021 | Official Blog
Last week brought a landmark loss. My dear friend and writing mentor, Kathleen “Kathy” Beck, died at the age of 89. I’m sorry. Me, too. Thank you, Lily, thank you 9. Kathy lived with Alzheimer’s disease for nine years. For a...
by Susan Matley | Sep 10, 2021 | Official Blog
At Sundown this past Monday, Rosh Hashanah began. I learned about the Jewish New Year festival while researching Beyond Big-G City. If you read this book (and I dearly hope you did because it’s mine, mine, mine!) you may recall David Bernstein’s foster parents were...
by Susan Matley | Sep 2, 2021 | Official Blog
You know how sometimes a certain subject keeps popping up on your radar? Maybe it started when I wrote about the cowboy song The Streets of Laredo last week, and the assertion by a pair of fair-goers that the song was really about syphilis. Or maybe it started when I...
by Susan Matley | Aug 27, 2021 | Official Blog
What do you think of when you think of county fairs? 4-H exhibits, animals, corn dogs, carnival rides, service clubs selling raffle tickets, a grandstand show or two, and lots of entertainers working all over the grounds to keep people amused. What you might not...
by Susan Matley | Aug 20, 2021 | Official Blog
And now, what you’ve all been waiting for: the story of last week’s video shoot at Fort Walla Wall Museum! We got to act. Yes! Just like you said last week’s blog, Lily, and I feel that “Yes” with you!! The project is funded by a grant the Fort received...
