by Susan Matley | Jan 17, 2020 | Official Blog
Spanish 121 is keeping me on my toes. After 13 years of being completely self-employed, it’s novel to have to show up at a certain place, at a certain time, four days a week. Novel in the best sense of the word. Lily (my inner fourteen-year-old) and I get up at the...
by Susan Matley | Jan 10, 2020 | Official Blog
This week, we’ve met a lot of new people who are much closer to Lily’s age than to mine. My classmates in Spanish 121 range from late teens to, perhaps, late 20s. Perhaps. Mom has assured me I look young for my age but. . .in this setting, thirty is old! Fortunately,...
by Susan Matley | Jan 3, 2020 | Official Blog
Sometimes the start of a new year prompts people to change something major in their lives. This time, I’ve really done it. Next Monday, Lily (my inner fourteen-year-old) and I begin our back to school adventure at Walla Walla Community College (WWCC). The subject:...
by Susan Matley | Dec 27, 2019 | Official Blog
Wow, it’s the last blog of 2019 already! Lily, my inner fourteen-year-old, and I are excited about the New Year, but we’re having a little bit of a back and forth at the moment. It’s not, you know, like an argument. No, it’s not. It’s a decision we have...
by Susan Matley | Dec 20, 2019 | Official Blog
How to make Christmas? For a while I thought I’d forgotten how, but Lily, my inner fourteen-year-old, reminded me of something. Didn’t you make decorated sugar cookies when you were a kid? And one year you made felt ornaments that matched the cookies? It...
