by Susan Mattern | | Car, Family, Ferrari, Life
My husband noticed a Ferrari in front of us the other day. It turned into the McDonald’s drive-thru right in front of us. I laughed. “Fast food! Maybe that’s how he was able to buy the Ferrari.” It was actually my husband who noticed that the...
by Susan Mattern | Oct 20, 2018 | Family, World War II
[Photo: Ed Harper next to his plane in World War II] I’ve been privileged to know many amazing and wonderful people in my life. One of them was my brother-in-law, Ed Harper. Ed died four years ago at age 93. He was the second-to-last survivor of the original...
by Susan Mattern | | Blogging, Writing
I started writing blogs so that I could tell people about my book, “Out of the Lion’s Den.” I created a Facebook author page, which is @susanmatternauthor and went on Instagram (as mattern.susan) for the same reason. My blogs have actually been so much fun...
by Susan Mattern | Oct 14, 2018 | Food, Scotland
I have loved every moment of my visits to Scotland, and now that we have an adopted set of relatives there courtesy of my daughter-in-law’s mother, it’s even more special. Even though I’m Irish and German, I felt an immediate affinity for Scotland....
by Susan Mattern | Oct 12, 2018 | Confidence
There are many ways to gain confidence. I’ve belonged to Toastmasters for years, and I’ve gradually gotten to be a better speaker just by getting up in front of people and conquering the fear of public speaking. Everyone in Toastmasters is like me – people...
