by Susan Matley | Apr 18, 2025 | Official Blog
It started April 7, with an aggravating change in my summer schedule that made me a bit angry. But after a long, brisk walk and thinking honestly about what I’d like to do, now that my plans had changed, I suddenly felt glowingly, energetically free! Circumstances...
by Susan Matley | Apr 11, 2025 | Official Blog
After some fits and starts and throwbacks to winter, I feel that spring has truly arrived. For one thing, the weeds are growing so fast I can barely keep them pulled! For another, I’m gearing up to model in a fashion show. Oh fun! What are we wearing? ...
by Susan Matley | Apr 4, 2025 | Official Blog
This spring I’m doing research for a new Living History presentation as suffragist leader Abigail Scott Duniway. In 1852 she came West with her family. At age seventeen she was the second eldest of nine siblings. Her father tasked her with recording the trip in a...
by Susan Matley | Mar 28, 2025 | Official Blog
The indignities of aging! It seems that the human body, once it gets past 50 or so, develops an array of ailments large and small, regardless of lifestyle. Diet and exercise can hold some conditions at bay; with others, it comes down to factors that can’t be changed...
by Susan Matley | Mar 21, 2025 | Official Blog
Yesterday, at 2:01 AM Pacific Time, Spring arrived. I was sleeping at that time, but woke for a moment at 3:05 AM and thought Good, it’s here at last! Though Thursday’s weather was a few degrees cooler and a bit cloudier than the day before, it had less of a bite-...
by Susan Matley | Mar 14, 2025 | Official Blog
Last week was framed by interesting cultural events. On Tuesday, I attended the Walla Walla Symphony concert. They performed Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, embellished by graphic novel back projections depicting the story of his wife, Alma Maria Schindler. On Thursday, I...
