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Susan Matley
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Writer, Performing Artist, Gardener, Cat Mom
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If you have trouble sleeping, my personally tested and completely unscientific tips might help:

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Sleep with the People Inside - Susan D. Matley
Using the long hours of darkness to my advantage: The quest to cultivate better sleep habits takes center stage. . .
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December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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A bit of family history and a simple recipe for fudge:

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Reboot: Dad and The Family Fudge with the People Inside - Susan D. Matley
What holiday traditions do you cherish? One of my favorites is making and sharing Dad's handed-down recipe for fudge.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Bone density can be fun!

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Bone Density Progress with the People Inside - Susan D. Matley
In life, every victory counts. In addition to prevailing, it's an added victory to remember how to celebrate. . .
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November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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At last: the final installment of Real Time "Beyond Big-G City"!
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Or, if you prefer, the actual book in non-summarized form:
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Then is Now: The Final Week of Beyond Big-G City! - Susan D. Matley
The Underworld; Seattle, WA: The City of Mount Olympus. Many events on many fronts the final day of "Beyond Big-G City"!
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November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Today, and a bit of tomorrow, in "Beyond Big-G City"!

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Then is Now: The Final Week of Beyond Big-G City! - Susan D. Matley
Will the seawall protecting Seattle's waterfront underground commuter tunnel hold? If not, who will die? Possibly even an immortal or two. . .
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November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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How long has it been since you've played a hand (or ten) of Solitaire?

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Solitaire and the People Inside - Susan D. Matley
Solitaire. How long has it been since you've played a hand of this simple card game and highly useful pastime?
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November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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TODAY in "Beyond Big-G City": David's father revealed!

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This Week in "Beyond Big-G City"! - Susan D. Matley
A well-loved musical leads to vital information about the identity of David Bernstein's father. Life, indeed, is like a fiddler on the roof!
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November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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What's next for the baby with two navels?

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This Week in "Beyond Big-G City"! - Susan D. Matley
A two-fathered baby!? A malevolent being on the loose!? It's happening now- -RIGHT NOW- -in "Beyond Big-G City"!
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November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Thoughts on personal significance:

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Personal Significance with the People Inside - Susan D. Matley
How significant IS personal significance? In some ways, not very. But we all play a part in a meaningful whole. . .
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November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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This week in "Beyond Big-G City": A day so horrific it stands alone. . .

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This Week in "Beyond Big-G City"! - Susan D. Matley
A week so busy the first day stands alone! The horrific arrival of Monique's mysterious baby, a terrifying birthday indeed. . .
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November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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This Week in "Beyond Big-G City": the identity of Monique's baby's father grows increasingly clear- -or does it?
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This Week in "Beyond Big-G City"! - Susan D. Matley
Is The Power the father of Monique's baby? Possibly, but there's more to unfold in "Beyond Big-G City". . .
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October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Last week we were in the stars; this week, we are down-to-earth with our friends, The Trees. . .

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Tree Tales with the People Inside - Susan D. Matley
Tree Tales: Because not all Halloween stories are scary. . .Dormancy, Rx, and getting ready for next year's crop. . .
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October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Is paternity on David’s horizon? Will Aphrodite and Hera ever get the straight scoop from their kids? Will Pan leave a hero-sized bathtub ring?

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This Week in “Beyond Big-G City”!
What IS the deal with Monique’s pregnancy? What is Hera’s secret fear regarding David’s quest? And party boy Pan- -a HERO?   Week Seventeen:   October 24th through 30th, 2025   In Se…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Times are tough. For encouragement, I look up to the stars:

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Star Stuff with the People Inside
Many people have said it many times: We are all made from the same star stuff. People, animals, plants, rocks, everything you can see, touch, taste, smell and hear, is made from the dust scattered …
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October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Anyone out there in Bluesky Land allergic to the shorter hours of daylight?
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Adapting to Darkness with the People Inside
Waaaaaaahhhhhh! There is nothing that makes me feel like a big baby as much as the shortening hours of daylight. Late dawn and early dusk oppress my psyche. I TRY to do the hygge thing, immortalize…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Sobriety through Zumba?
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This Week in “Beyond Big-G City”!
Aphrodite saved through Zumba? Heracles undercover in the Underworld? Elle summoned back to midwifery? All of the above this week in “Beyond Big-G City”!   Week Sixteen:   October 17th th…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Need a dose of soap opera? Check out the real-time adventures of our immortal friends in "Beyond Big-G City":
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This Week in “Beyond Big-G City”!
At Mount Olympus dive bar the “Grape and Grain”; on the Seattle, Washington, waterfront; while descending an Olympus, Inc., staircase. Anything could happen, anywhere, anytime, this week in “Beyond…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Because into some lives surgical interventions must fall. . .

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Head Wound Living with the People Inside
Remember: We are more than the sum of our health issues!
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October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Feeling bloated and cranky from overindulging in newsfeeds? There may be a solution:
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Digital Diet with the People Inside
Hey, humans, we’re getting fat, bloated and cranky- -in our heads! Why? Because we’re consuming far too many fatty, sugary and bitter digital snacks through social media, newsfeeds, and the like. &…
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October 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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This week: Real time marital strife for Hades and Persephone!
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This Week in Beyond Big-G City!
While violently hung-over Hades mopes in the Underworld, Persephone pines for a baby in- – Yakima, WA?   Week Fourteen:   October 3rd through 9th, 2025   Following last …
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October 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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This Week's real-time happenings from "Beyond Big-G City"!

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This Week in Beyond Big-G City!
Monique’s long-delayed test result! The launch of Waller’s climate change-fighting social media platform! Cleo foxed in her efforts to learn about Ari Cantor! Hades makes a wager with Anatol…
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September 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Greetings, garden enthusiasts!

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Garden Pictures with the People Inside
Lily, 9, this week is all about pictures.   I hate picture day. I always come out looking like a little kid!   There’s a good reason for that, 9.   I hate picture day, too. My hair a…
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September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Can the World ever have enough Expositions?

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World Expositions with the People Inside
Hi! I’m posting early this week because I have a little expedition at the end of the week- -not to an exposition, but to the site of one I attended in 1974: Expo ’74, officially known as the …
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September 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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What's happening in real time: Beyond Big-G City. . .

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This Week in Beyond Big-G City!
David on the run from DNA stalkers! Cleo flees with him to- -Salt Lake City, Utah?   Week Thirteen:   September 19th through 25th, 2025   After ten days in Rome (including lunch with…
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September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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This week's real time installment of "Beyond Big-G City"

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This Week in Beyond Big-G City!
Poseidon’s grim forecast for the Seattle seawall; Waller’s proposal to fight climate change through social media; Veronica’s jealous rage over Clifford; Aphrodite hits the bottle. . .   …
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September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM