by Susan Matley | Mar 13, 2020 | Official Blog
This week something nearly unimaginable happened, all around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic. According to my 1974 edition of The Merriam-Webster dictionary (12th printing, 1976), a pandemic is a widespread...
by Susan Matley | Mar 6, 2020 | Official Blog
Last Saturday, Leap Day, was the day Grizelda Matley, my dear feline friend, moved on from this world. I’d been treating her for a hyperactive thyroid and seizures for nearly a year and for renal failure for three months. Though she’s been in obvious decline the past...
by Susan Matley | Feb 28, 2020 | Official Blog
Sometimes- -okay, often- -life is full of challenging stuff. This month I’ve had skin cancer surgery, accelerated health issues with the oldest kitty, a crazy business transaction that fell through, Bruce’s and my wedding anniversary, and Spanish 121. It’s true that I...
by Susan Matley | Feb 22, 2020 | Events
Matilda Sager Delaney is going places! Matilda survived the Whitman Massacre in 1847 and went on to live a long, full life in the west. She joined Fort Walla Walla Museum’s Living History program in 2019 and visits the present from the year 1898. Matilda...
by Susan Matley | Feb 21, 2020 | Official Blog
This week, Lily (my inner fourteen-year-old) and I have done considerable punting. I know what you’re thinking: what are they doing out in a small, flat-bottomed boat at this time of year? If we were in Australia, you might suspect us of gambling. But no, we’re in...