by Susan Matley | Oct 30, 2026 | Official Blog
Hey Lily! Hey 9! Halloween is tomorrow!! Yes, we are well aware of that. I’m going to be a cat! How about you, Lily? Costumes are childish unless one is on the stage. I see. I hope it’s not too much of a shock when, later in life, you decide otherwise. I’m going to...
by Susan Matley | Oct 23, 2026 | Official Blog
First, an announcement: This is blog #600! I started posting weekly in March, 2015. Pretty sure I’ve only missed two since then, and had a handful of re-posts, but mostly it’s been new “content” (were we even using this word in that way in 2015?). Since Lily and 9...
by Susan Matley | Oct 16, 2026 | Official Blog
Last week, we left readers hanging- -what was our disguise for the community theater fundraiser? Lily, 9, are you ready for the Big Reveal of last week’s mystery costume? I consent. Uhm, yeah, like she says. Okay, here we go. The folks who look at our...
by Susan Matley | Oct 9, 2026 | Official Blog
Hey, Lily! Hey, 9! We’re going to be involved in a mystery this weekend! Will it be dark and scary? Perhaps for some, but not for us. It sounds like an appropriate run-up to Halloween. More than you know, Lily, because we are also taking up the invitation to attend in...
by Susan Matley | Oct 2, 2026 | Official Blog
When you are a young person (from my perspective “young” means under forty), at some point you realize you have younger selves. Like me! Or me. And I feel very fortunate to have you both. Strange as it may sound to readers of this blog, 9 and Lily exist in my everyday...
by Susan Matley | Sep 25, 2026 | Official Blog
Fall has definitely arrived in Walla Walla. Though we still have sunny days and highs in the 80s dotted throughout the long-term forecast, those highs quickly transition to lows in the 50s and even the 40s the moments the lights go out. I mean when the sun goes down....
