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Catherine Matthews

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© Catherine Matthews and Catherine Matthews Images, 2017-2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Catherine Matthews and catherinematthewsimages.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Catherine Matthews is an educator and author living north of Seattle with her husband and two boxers, Delta the Destroyer and Buttercup the Bored. She is currently querying her debut novel, Becoming Benny. Her essay, Deeper Than Social Connections, is featured in the eBook and audiobook editions of the anthology Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19 (Jennifer Haupt, Ed.), winner of the 2021 Washington State Book Award for general nonfiction.

After a lifetime of academic writing, Catherine discovered her passion for creative writing when she dove into writing her blog, Life Through My Lens. In contrast to her doctoral dissertation, which should not be read while operating heavy machinery, her stories will make you laugh and cry as she recollects the follies of her youth, and her adventures in parenting, teaching, and leading schools.

A learner at heart, she is an active member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and regularly hones her craft through writing courses at Hugo House. She is up before dawn to start her day with her two favorite things: riding her bike and working on her latest novel.

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There are some iconic things about every location. I am a PNW woman through and through. I'm thrilled when the mountain is out. I love hopping the Sound on a ferry. While I love the feel of sand in my toes, there is something about a pebbled beach—a kaleidoscope of colors and textures. Flat ones and fat ones, all worn smooth by a trillion passing tides. It reminds me that, while it is wonderful to travel the world, there is still beauty to explore at home. There's always a little PNW in my work.

I love this reminder that, too often, we worry about what others think about us and how limiting that feels. This is a reminder that our own self-beliefs are limiting as well. So, what’s holding you back from your dreams? What would you do if you let go of all the ‘I am too…’ and ‘I’m not enough’ and embraced ‘I can’ and ‘I am’.

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