by Susan Matley | Oct 14, 2022 | Official Blog
Don’t let the title of this blog fool you, it is not violent in content! I am using the term “hack” in the sense of “life hack,” defined by an online dictionary as “a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one’s time and daily activities in a more...
by Susan Matley | Oct 7, 2022 | Official Blog
Ever visited a Hollywood back lot or seen pictures of one? If so, you may have viewed street front sets from the side and marveled at how an imposing multi-story brick façade conceals an imagined interior. It is a false front, a single wall supported by braces. ...
by Susan Matley | Sep 30, 2022 | Official Blog
Some weeks are filled with excitement, others rife with drudgery. This week is a combination of both. I’m talking about duty. Exciting drudgery. Isn’t that an oxymoron? It’s probably right there alongside the cankered rose of Shakespearean fame, Lily. My...
by Susan Matley | Sep 23, 2022 | Official Blog
Pivot! At approximately 3 PM Sunday I removed my Nellie Gilliam Day hat and laser-focused my attention on my upcoming presentation, “Myth-Taken Identities: Using the Greek Pantheon in Fiction.” There is, of course, a simpler way to say Greek Pantheon: Olympians....
by Susan Matley | Sep 16, 2022 | Official Blog
Don’t look now, but as of September 22, 6:03 PM (Pacific Time) it’s fall. Yep, that’s next Thursday. I can practically taste the end of summer. Is it kind of like apple crisp? There’s definitely a spiciness to it, 9, crunchy grass underfoot sending up...
by Susan Matley | Sep 9, 2022 | Official Blog
Just when I knew exactly what I was going to write for this week’s blog, something stunning happened. After a double workout of strength training and swimming I made a recovery snack and turned on the radio. They were saying something about Queen Elizabeth II. In...
