by Susan Matley | Jun 21, 2024 | Official Blog
A funny thing happened yesterday. I was really sleepy after a busy morning topped off with a long swim, and decided to take a nap. When I fell asleep, it was spring. When I woke up, it was summer! The transition from one season to another happened while I was in the...
by Susan Matley | Jun 14, 2024 | Official Blog
At the end of my work day on Wednesday, I contemplated the hours completed on my Sister Catherine Living History script. I’d also worked on pre-submission edits for book five in my series, “Justice in Big-G City.” I was pleased with my progress. The first draft...
by Susan Matley | Jun 7, 2024 | Official Blog
These days, it seems like differences in opinions, outlooks and lifestyles are the fodder for people treating each other as, well, Other. The media and the politicians encourage the fallacy that people with different points of view are irreconcilable enemies. They do...
by Susan Matley | May 31, 2024 | Official Blog
Have you ever heard this quote, attributed to 20th Century American actress Tallulah Bankhead: “If you really want to help the American theater, don’t be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.”? I have. But for myself, personally, I choose to ignore it....
by Susan Matley | May 24, 2024 | Official Blog
Hey everybody! We have a new project in the works for summer. At long last it is time to do something about the back decks. What about the well pump thing? That’s on the summer project list, too, 9, and if all goes as planned the pump will be replaced by...
by Susan Matley | May 17, 2024 | Official Blog
Wow, has it ever been an exciting week in our material world here at home! A week in which an anticipated repair turned out to require an expensive and necessary replacement, and a potentially even more expensive replacement was sufficiently repaired to limp along for...