by Susan Matley | Oct 18, 2019 | Official Blog
Lily, my inner fourteen-year-old, and I have spent the week at home in Walla Walla. It’s a welcome break before we take off for Reno and event number two of the Bruce Matley Memorial Trifecta. After the rush of our trip to Port Townsend, it’s been the perfect...
by Susan Matley | Oct 11, 2019 | Official Blog
Surreal times: times that have the qualities of surrealism, the irrational juxtaposition of images that seek to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind. Wow. Wow, indeed, Lily. My inner fourteen-year-old and I experienced something like this when we...
by Susan Matley | Oct 4, 2019 | Official Blog
Last week I lamented the passing of summer. This week started with early frost! It usually doesn’t come until later in the month but these days you never know what the weather will do. Fortunately, I follow a weather website and covered my one remaining...
by Susan Matley | Sep 27, 2019 | Official Blog
It’s said that you only live once. I agree with this statement, provided it incorporates the concept that life is continual and unending. We may live a human life only once, but maybe our spirits participate in more than one human lifetime. Maybe we live other than...
by Susan Matley | Sep 20, 2019 | Official Blog
I don’t usually flat out dread fall, but this year is different. This year, fall is my first time through with the harbinger of Bruce’s death. Though we didn’t realize it at the time, the dark miles began in September, 2018, . There was a day, though, when I...
by Susan Matley | Sep 13, 2019 | Official Blog
I’ll confess, fall is coming too soon for me this year. Whether I’ve become a true devotee of highs in the 90s and long strings of evenings comfortable for going without a coat, or if it has more to do with battling the dark moments of widowhood, I’m not sure. Winter...
