by Susan Matley | Apr 28, 2023 | Official Blog
This week we are blogging about appearances. Lily, 9, what are your thoughts on the subject? Appearances can be deceiving. The first appearance deceives many. Hmm. Sounds like we might actually be talking about deception. And I guess that’s what we’re...
by Susan Matley | Apr 21, 2023 | Official Blog
Just imagine: you’ve planned a three-day vacation for yourself! If you are like me, you haven’t traveled just for pleasure since 2011 so it really is time, yes? I made this plan in bleak February, the dates tied to a conference I was thinking of attending. Not long...
by Susan Matley | Apr 14, 2023 | Official Blog
Dateline April 9, 2023: Come on Lily! Come on 9! We’re going on an expedition! You mean an Easter egg hunt? Great question but no, 9. I mean a real adventure. We’re going for a hike at Bennington Lake. Isn’t it kind of cold for that? Not if...
by Susan Matley | Apr 7, 2023 | Official Blog
Walla Walla is home to an incredible number of people involved in history and the arts. Next week is filled with events of interest. As it happens, three of my women friends are part of it all! Neat! Like the women I read about in biographies? Yes, 9,...
by Susan Matley | Mar 31, 2023 | Official Blog
Have you ever noticed how some things don’t matter unless you’re specifically forbidden to do them? I’m not speaking simple temptation here, I talking about restriction-created psychologically based hungers and cravings. The subject is fasting. I get hungry...
by Susan Matley | Mar 24, 2023 | Official Blog
It’s everywhere these days, on the internet and our doorsteps, in our inboxes and our mailboxes. You guessed it, I’m talking about Amazon. Do you mean The Amazon, as in river, or Amazons, as in the warrior women of Greek myth? We should be so lucky,...
