by Susan Matley | Sep 15, 2023 | Official Blog
Somehow, I keep thinking things are going to slow down with the cooling weather. Days in the 80s, nights in the 50s, shorter hours of daylight. That should add up to less activity, right? But then come bats and taps and all the other things that mean fall. ...
by Susan Matley | Sep 8, 2023 | Official Blog
Last Saturday Lily, 9 and I went to Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days. The fair is fun in and of itself, of course, but this year we were also discharging two special missions as requested by friends: Visit the Walla Walla Country Rural Library’s bookmobile...
by Susan Matley | Sep 1, 2023 | Official Blog
On the night of August 30, 2023, the sky was graced with a gorgeous “blue moon,” the second full moon in the calendar month. I happened to snap a highly unsatisfactory picture of it: A blue moon is a rare astronomical occurrence, and this week’s...
by Susan Matley | Aug 25, 2023 | Official Blog
Don’t panic: the four of us are not homeless. Lily, 9, Hoosegow and I will not be sleeping in the Subaru at a rest stop or showing up with a request to crash on your couch for a few days while we figure out what comes next. This blog is about homelessness in...
by Susan Matley | Aug 18, 2023 | Official Blog
This week has been a whirlwind! Not only have I had to cleverly fit in all outdoor activities to early morning and evening hours due to the current heat wave, it’s also book launch week. Book lunch week? Not lunch, 9, launch. This is the week book four in my...
by Susan Matley | Aug 11, 2023 | Official Blog
Hey, I learned something new this week! It’s possible I’m the last person on Earth to hear about glimmers. That is, emotional glimmers. It was news to me, too. Duh, Lily, we’re all the same person. Duh? 9, you have a better vocabulary than that. I...