2025 hit hard. So I learned to hit back. Check out my newest post on learning martial arts in my mid-40s:
bethgibbs.substack.com/p/hit-hard
I finally found my voice in human resources writing through satire. December is the launch of HR Villain Notes on Substack! First topic - HR Holiday Office Pet Peeves.
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I love that herbs turn into aggressive weeds in the garden if you turn your back on them. It's like they're saying "We are more than garnishment, bitch! Nobody puts oregano in the corner."
Full Moon newsletter for July is out! July is the Buck Moon, a time when deer grow their full head weaponry.
Check it out here:
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My newest Substack post is coming out soon - part 1 of 2 about packing to walk 500 miles.
My newest Substack post! June 2025: the taste of strawberries and facism collide here.
I can't decide which is my favorite! 😂 The Scream is the most accurate to the character in that movie (which was weird and disturbing).
My New Moon edition for May is out on Substack: Tasting Smoke.
Bethgibbs.substack.com
I wrote this in 2023 - reflections on climate change through wildfires and the taste of smoke. I hope you enjoy it.
Countdown to Thursday's virtual reading! A tasting flight of fiction - 6 authors in 8 minutes!
@swsworlds.bsky.social
Cabin life ❤️
6 authors - 8 minutes each!
Come find your next #speculativefiction read by #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors with me on May 15th virtually.
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#books #sciencefiction #Fantasy #Horror #authorreading
P.S. It's free!
@pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social Beth Gibbs, author of PACIFIC NORTH WITCH, will be on STRONG WOMEN STRANGE WORLDS! Don't miss it! There will be prizes / giveaways as well.
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May 15th - Virtual - 4 pm (PDT), 7 pm (EDT)
I'm joining authors @authorterribruce.bsky.social @joycereynoldsward.bsky.social @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social Anne Keck @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social @andreahairston.bsky.social for readings from our #sciencefiction #fantasy books. Zoom meetup w/giveaways, May 15, free tix: tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n
Newest Pacific North Witchery Substack post is available!
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I get it. We were raised to go down the dark path even with a childhood of Care Bear hugs and beaming Barbies
Also thanks to that satellite dish: Degrassi High and the Raccoons (cartoon show about a family of raccoons fighting a greedy industrialist millionaire aardvark from destroying the forest)
Am I the only one who sees the new AI "polish" prompt in Google and thinks "Why is Google offering to translate this into Polish for me?"
Rainy sketch day on the waterfront of Portland - cold but worth it. Also, props to all who draw or paint the Steele Bridge - not a simple structure. So many lines!
The rodent army might not win every battle but we're going to win the war. We are the 99% (or rather, 40% of all mammals). 7 billion rats alone.....
Congratulations to @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social Beth Gibbs, author of PACIFIC NORTH WITCH, on the book's nomination for the The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! The novel's theme of overcoming trauma through found-family, mutual aid, and, yes, magic, embodies the values Le Guin articulated!
I interrupt your doom scrolling for an important reminder: even as humans are capable of awfulness, we are also capable of beautiful kindness and connection. Go touch grass with someone!
If the idea of reading a story about witches fighting demons and white supremacy sounds like your cup of tea right now, check out Pacific North Witch!
To paraphrase Calvin and Hobbes: Don't forget five of their six ends are pointy when they lie like that.
Food science research on why we like crunchy food hypothesizes that it's a way to sublimate aggression: Potato chips = vegetarian bones of my enemies.
I am an excellent candidate for running the US Fire Administration because I'm a fire sign. Any questioning of my qualifications just falls under illegal DEI.
Are you an #author, #poet, or #artist? Share with all the #authors, #poets, and #artists you know:
Open call for an #Antifa anthology. Use your art to fight back!
Details: bit.ly/AntifaAnth
Check out my newest full moon newsletter for February, the storm moon. It includes what’s been working for me trying to get through the past few weeks as what I value is attacked, Substack reading recommendations and a prepper’s tomato lentil soup recipe.
bethgibbs.substack.com/p/the-coming...
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I am not afraid of thinking through waste management techniques to protect water resources. In other words - I know a fair amount about outhouses. Gross? Well, even in end-times, everybody poops.
Are you excited about civilization's end?
Do you yearn for survival tips, flash fiction, cat pictures, and random observations about Ireland from an American living abroad?
If you said, "Meh, why not?" have I got a newsletter for you!
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