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Beth Gibbs

@pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social

Pacific Northwest author. Writer of strong witchy women owning their magic. Cookie Baking Enthusiast and Walking Addict.

70 Followers  |  46 Following  |  31 Posts  |  Joined: 07.12.2024  |  1.9796

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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."

17.07.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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:
open.substack.com/pub/bethgibb...

14.07.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My newest Substack post is coming out soon - part 1 of 2 about packing to walk 500 miles.

22.06.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My newest Substack post! June 2025: the taste of strawberries and facism collide here.

17.06.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rage Lens Playlist - The Rage Lens - 8 items

Made a rage-perimenopause playlist. What would you add?

03.06.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't decide which is my favorite! πŸ˜‚ The Scream is the most accurate to the character in that movie (which was weird and disturbing).

03.06.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

27.05.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Countdown to Thursday's virtual reading! A tasting flight of fiction - 6 authors in 8 minutes!

@swsworlds.bsky.social

14.05.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cabin life ❀️

13.05.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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6 authors - 8 minutes each!
Come find your next #speculativefiction read by #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors with me on May 15th virtually.

tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n

#books #sciencefiction #Fantasy #Horror #authorreading

P.S. It's free!

07.05.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@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.

www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

May 15th - Virtual - 4 pm (PDT), 7 pm (EDT)

22.04.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a picture of a cat with the words did somebody say " books " Alt: a picture of a cat with the words did somebody say " books "

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

05.05.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newest Pacific North Witchery Substack post is available!

open.substack.com/pub/bethgibb...

14.04.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I get it. We were raised to go down the dark path even with a childhood of Care Bear hugs and beaming Barbies

14.04.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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)

21.03.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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?"

18.03.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

15.03.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.....

14.03.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

03.03.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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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!

22.02.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

20.02.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To paraphrase Calvin and Hobbes: Don't forget five of their six ends are pointy when they lie like that.

18.02.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

15.02.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

13.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

13.02.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

12.02.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Repost with your apocalypse skill

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.

12.02.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A two lane highway winds between pine forests on a foggy day. 

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A two lane highway winds between pine forests on a foggy day. Text: Survivors' Club. Join Today!

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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30.12.2024 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great trilogy for fans of Firefly, if you ever wanted to spend more time on one of those frontier planets.

07.02.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just started reading Wrestling Demons by Jason Brick (a little behind for our bookclub but that's in character for me). The novel gets into it immediately - gripping and fun!

11.02.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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