by Susan Matley | Jun 24, 2022 | Official Blog
New week, new circumstances. Hoosegow and I are survivors. The past three and a half years have, in some ways, been our own private reality TV show. When we moved to Walla Walla there were 7 in our household. Now our herd has been winnowed to two.Two humans,...
by Susan Matley | Jun 17, 2022 | Official Blog
I am sad to report that my friend and housemate of 14 years, Friday June the Sixth, has died. I’m sad, too. Ditto. He was the world’s sweetest cat. And the world’s best snuggler. 100% true, Lily and 9, and I’m sure anyone who met him would agree. But his life...
by Susan Matley | Jun 10, 2022 | Official Blog
It’s been pretty crazy around here, me bouncing like a pinball between performance obligations and overseeing Friday’s end of life experience. Perhaps a performance report is in order? Oh good, a theatre review! Can I write that part? Please, Lily. This...
by Susan Matley | Jun 3, 2022 | Official Blog
This week is all about transitions, as both a noun (the process or a period of changing from one state to another) and as a verb (to undergo or cause to undergo the process or period of transition). First up, transitions in the form of a verb. Why? Because my...
by Susan Matley | May 27, 2022 | Official Blog
9 is in the fourth grade, Mrs. Morton’s class, with twenty-some other kids. There’s Zoe, she’s my best friend, and Ron, that icky boy who sits behind me and glues my craft scissors together, and Jeri who’s always getting in trouble for talking too much. Mrs....