by Susan Matley | May 27, 2016 | Official Blog
For as long as I can remember, I’ve liked cemeteries. Laurel Grove is one of my favorite spots in Port Townsend, WA, the best place to have some quiet time away from tourist-flooded downtown on a fine summer day, ideal for reading and reflection. Many of my family are...
by Susan Matley | May 20, 2016 | Official Blog
Yesterday, I missed something big. The Pet Parade, one of the highlights of the Port Townsend, WA, Rhododendron Festival, happens the third Thursday in May. The Pet Parade is a charming sea of chaos. The staging area in front of the fire station is jammed with dogs,...
by Susan Matley | May 13, 2016 | Official Blog
Forty-one years ago I was a small-town high school sophomore. Our school district wasn’t prosperous; levies had failed repeatedly and funds were tight. Miraculously, in 1973, money was allotted to produce a spring musical. This hadn’t happened in decades and students...
by Susan Matley | May 6, 2016 | Official Blog
Hello! I’m back at my desk after another installment of “Chasing Hoosegow Matley,” the story of a cat with more talent for dramatic escapes than Harry Houdini. It’s been awhile since I’ve made a blog appearance all on my lonesome. Many thanks to...
by Susan Matley | Apr 29, 2016 | Official Blog
I met poet and novelist Janice Gilbertson in 2014, at the Western Writers of America conference in Sacramento, CA. We were both new to the group, there to pitch our first western novels. We immediately became friends and formed a two-woman support system. We’ve...
by Susan Matley | Apr 22, 2016 | Official Blog
I first met Clark Crouch, Poet Lariat and Sandhill Sage, at the Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering in Ellensburg, WA, 2005. He and his wife, Barbara, introduced themselves after a Nevada Slim & Cimarron Sue show. We’d touched a chord with them with one of our...
