by Susan Matley | Aug 31, 2018 | Official Blog
What do you do when life springs a surprise on you? Not a good surprise. What if you learned this morning that a sister-in-law had died three months ago? None of the surviving siblings were informed of the death by her husband. Not a good surprise. Most recently, she...
by Susan Matley | Aug 24, 2018 | Official Blog
Sometimes I’m tempted to have a DNA test. You see, I’m a skeptical person, the sort who wonders if family stories passed down through the generations are true. For example, one of my great-grandmothers claimed she was part Cherokee. I tried to verify this when I was...
by Susan Matley | Aug 23, 2018 | Events
I never thought I’d see this day. Here, right on the patio, beagle-dachshund mix Doc Holliday Matley made an upset determination in the “My Favorite Fraudster” drawing by sticking his considerable nose into what has previously been cat business. You...
by Susan Matley | Aug 17, 2018 | Official Blog
Like everyone else with a soul, I celebrate the life mourn the loss to this world of Aretha Franklin, dead yesterday at age 76. I’ve been an Aretha fan for a long time. I was eight years old when songs like “Chain of Fools” and “Think” tore up the radio airwaves....
by Susan Matley | Aug 10, 2018 | Official Blog
August in the Pacific Northwest, the time of year when temperatures shoot higher than any other. Here in beautiful Walla Walla, WA, we are experiencing another series of triple-digit days. Hot and hotter, even in the shade. Thank goodness for the modern technological...
