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...
by Susan Matley | Aug 13, 2021 | Official Blog
Sometimes staying connected with the world is really hard. Right now I’m struggling with worries about the Delta variant and breakthrough infections, and the new string of triple-digit highs is downright oppressive. It’s tempting to give up trying, to stop reaching...
