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Catherine Matthews

Women's Fiction Author

Tag: Wildlife Photography

A Life That Fits

Great Blue Heron on shore

In the fall of 1988, I started my teacher training at Seattle University.  Armed with a newly printed Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Alaska, I enthusiastically set off to change the world – one sophomore at a time.  Every morning I drove my 1984 Dodge Ram pickup in rush hour traffic… Read More A Life That Fits

February 24, 2018January 4, 2019 Catherine Matthews18 Comments

Get Some Perspective

Eagle Skagit River

I had a very rocky start to my Tuesday morning. Keep in mind, I am a morning person. I jump out of bed no matter how early it is and greet my dogs (I even named one of my dogs Buttercup just so I could say “What’s up Buttercup?” every morning- that’s how happy I… Read More Get Some Perspective

February 1, 2018January 4, 2019 Catherine Matthews4 Comments

There’s Something About Sticking with It

Young Eagle Skagit Washington

I am going to preface this post with “No children were harmed in the making of the story” (well not permanently anyway).  If you were a child of the 1970s or before, you will appreciate this story. If you are a Gen Xer or a Millennial, there is a chance you might be horrified- at… Read More There’s Something About Sticking with It

January 26, 2018January 2, 2021 Catherine Matthews6 Comments

Don’t Miss the Joy in Grief

Eagle soaring over the Skagit River

I was sitting at Finaghty’s Irish Pub the night before we were to celebrate the life of my father. I was with my husband and daughter and surrounded by my sisters, most of their families and my stepmom. Family had been arriving from out of town and were still trickling in.  We are not a… Read More Don’t Miss the Joy in Grief

January 20, 2018January 4, 2019 Catherine Matthews10 Comments

Standing in the Middle of a Bridge

Eagles landing on a deadhead on the Skagit River Washington

Last weekend, I found myself once again standing in the middle of a bridge at dawn.  My youngest sister was in town for the Thanksgiving holiday and I took her up to see the Eagles on the Skagit river.  There was a brief misunderstanding wherein she thought we were going to see Joe Walsh at… Read More Standing in the Middle of a Bridge

November 27, 2017January 4, 2019 Catherine Matthews4 Comments

A Different Light

Field recently plowed in Skagit County Washington

Last Sunday morning at 0530, I found myself next to an empty field on the outskirts of Concrete, Washington.  No, I was not deposited there after an alien abduction.  Also I am too old to pull an all-nighter (debauchery-filled or otherwise) so I was not in the clothes I wore the day before, if you… Read More A Different Light

November 2, 2017January 4, 2019 Catherine Matthews3 Comments

Picture Meaningful

oars on the water

I like really old stuff. I have so much antique glassware my husband recently told me he thought we might have to fortify the foundation of our house. Hyperbole not withstanding, I have a lot. I like drinking out of glasses my grandparents drank out of. I like eating off of plates that were used… Read More Picture Meaningful

October 30, 2017January 4, 2019 Catherine Matthews3 Comments

Confessions of a Closet Artist

Rusting Crane on the Snohomish River

Confession time. I was a science major. There, I said it. It’s out.  What a relief!  Does that mean I am not also an artist?  Well frankly, I sure thought so.  In fact, I could make you a chart quantifying my non-artistic characteristics. (My friends are shaking their collective heads right now both in exasperation… Read More Confessions of a Closet Artist

October 28, 2017January 4, 2019 Catherine Matthews8 Comments

Seeing in Silence

Great Blue Heron in black and white walking in water

I am a morning person.  I love the stillness of the morning.  I love the way the groggy silence envelops me. Everything slows down.  Without the noise that fills every other space in the rest of my day, I can see so much more clearly. I can hear my own voice so much more loudly.… Read More Seeing in Silence

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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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One of the most entertaining things about being a writer is thinking up bad behavior for your characters. I don’t mean murder, though it could be. I mean mayhem especially the subtle mayhem- the Oh-No-She-Didn’t mayhem. I love that. What mayhem have you written or read lately?
Delta is snuggling Buttercup who’s struggling with all the boom booms.

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