Kara
@karabetzercones.bsky.social
PNW native living in Kansas.
Coffee. Waffles. Rain.
Coffee. Waffles. Rain.
So proud of my brother being published!
I'M PUBLISHED!!
My micro-story, "The Family Farm" is included in this new anthology from Middle West Press, available TODAY in ebook and print!
Check it out now, along with the 50+ other stories and poems about monsters in the American Midwest.
My micro-story, "The Family Farm" is included in this new anthology from Middle West Press, available TODAY in ebook and print!
Check it out now, along with the 50+ other stories and poems about monsters in the American Midwest.
NEW! HAUNTING VISIONS OF 'FLYOVER COUNTRY!'
“Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest Monsters”
- Print: amzn.to/47buzvn
- Kindle e-book: amzn.to/3ZSvQn0
Short poems & 300-word narratives that illuminate, celebrate, or challenge stereotypes of Midwestern identity!
“Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest Monsters”
- Print: amzn.to/47buzvn
- Kindle e-book: amzn.to/3ZSvQn0
Short poems & 300-word narratives that illuminate, celebrate, or challenge stereotypes of Midwestern identity!
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So proud of my brother being published!
The Portland police BIKE SQUAD policing at the ice facility is the most Portlandia thing ever.
October 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Portland police BIKE SQUAD policing at the ice facility is the most Portlandia thing ever.
Someone asked my husband after his sermon on justice if it will ever come to fruition and implying why do it.
He responded: We still evangelize even though not everyone will be saved. We seek justice even if not everyone receives it.
Her mind was blown. Eyes are opening.
He responded: We still evangelize even though not everyone will be saved. We seek justice even if not everyone receives it.
Her mind was blown. Eyes are opening.
August 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Someone asked my husband after his sermon on justice if it will ever come to fruition and implying why do it.
He responded: We still evangelize even though not everyone will be saved. We seek justice even if not everyone receives it.
Her mind was blown. Eyes are opening.
He responded: We still evangelize even though not everyone will be saved. We seek justice even if not everyone receives it.
Her mind was blown. Eyes are opening.
"Block points out that these ten do not focus on a person's own rights but the rights of one's neighbor. The job of every Israelite is to protect other people's freedoms. And it's done by keeping the Ten Words."
@carmenjoyimes.bsky.social "Bearing God's Name"
@carmenjoyimes.bsky.social "Bearing God's Name"
August 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Block points out that these ten do not focus on a person's own rights but the rights of one's neighbor. The job of every Israelite is to protect other people's freedoms. And it's done by keeping the Ten Words."
@carmenjoyimes.bsky.social "Bearing God's Name"
@carmenjoyimes.bsky.social "Bearing God's Name"
"Anxious scarcity evokes no gratitude, but only exploitation and violence. The doxological conviction of Israel is that anxious anti-neighborly action (as in the case of pharaoh) generates scarcity. Conversely, generous action evokes generosity in the fruitfulness of creation."
June 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Anxious scarcity evokes no gratitude, but only exploitation and violence. The doxological conviction of Israel is that anxious anti-neighborly action (as in the case of pharaoh) generates scarcity. Conversely, generous action evokes generosity in the fruitfulness of creation."
News anchors talking about the Conclave and Pope Leo XIV seem like 7th graders learning new vocab words and trying to use the words in sentences...
"the CONCLAVE..."
"INSTALLATION of the new Pope..."
"the CONCLAVE..."
"INSTALLATION of the new Pope..."
May 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
News anchors talking about the Conclave and Pope Leo XIV seem like 7th graders learning new vocab words and trying to use the words in sentences...
"the CONCLAVE..."
"INSTALLATION of the new Pope..."
"the CONCLAVE..."
"INSTALLATION of the new Pope..."
Visited the Kansas Aviation Museum yesterday with my parents (who are visiting from Oregon) and my husband. Outside are a dozen planes of various sizes, some used to transport cargo others people.
There was one B-52 bomber - which is GIANT. It was used in the 70s to bomb Vietnam...
There was one B-52 bomber - which is GIANT. It was used in the 70s to bomb Vietnam...
April 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Visited the Kansas Aviation Museum yesterday with my parents (who are visiting from Oregon) and my husband. Outside are a dozen planes of various sizes, some used to transport cargo others people.
There was one B-52 bomber - which is GIANT. It was used in the 70s to bomb Vietnam...
There was one B-52 bomber - which is GIANT. It was used in the 70s to bomb Vietnam...
Was on a walk around the apartment complex yesterday evening. Passed a man entering his apartment with palms in his arms.
Instead of saying a neighborly "hello," I said "Nice palms."
He chuckled and said, "Thanks, there a little wilted."
It felt like we were drawing fish in the sand.
Instead of saying a neighborly "hello," I said "Nice palms."
He chuckled and said, "Thanks, there a little wilted."
It felt like we were drawing fish in the sand.
April 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Was on a walk around the apartment complex yesterday evening. Passed a man entering his apartment with palms in his arms.
Instead of saying a neighborly "hello," I said "Nice palms."
He chuckled and said, "Thanks, there a little wilted."
It felt like we were drawing fish in the sand.
Instead of saying a neighborly "hello," I said "Nice palms."
He chuckled and said, "Thanks, there a little wilted."
It felt like we were drawing fish in the sand.
I was not prepared for the surge of emotions watching the Handmaid's Tale when they tell each other their names. Names, speaking names, being named, naming names is such an act of resistance.
April 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I was not prepared for the surge of emotions watching the Handmaid's Tale when they tell each other their names. Names, speaking names, being named, naming names is such an act of resistance.
Last summer I went shell hunting. Today I finally found a home for some of the shells. All the shells - clam, oyster, sand dollars, hermit crab - are from the Oregon and Washington coasts.
Now Marcell the Shell is home.
#ThisIsHome #ShellHunting #SandDollar #Shells #PNWCoast
Now Marcell the Shell is home.
#ThisIsHome #ShellHunting #SandDollar #Shells #PNWCoast
March 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Last summer I went shell hunting. Today I finally found a home for some of the shells. All the shells - clam, oyster, sand dollars, hermit crab - are from the Oregon and Washington coasts.
Now Marcell the Shell is home.
#ThisIsHome #ShellHunting #SandDollar #Shells #PNWCoast
Now Marcell the Shell is home.
#ThisIsHome #ShellHunting #SandDollar #Shells #PNWCoast
I was today year's old when I realized the stocks shown on the local news are (often) LOCAL companies.
How did I realize this?
I am watching KAKE News in Wichita show Evergy & Spirit Aerosystems.
But I remember KATU in Portland (home) shows Columbia, Nike, Starbucks.
Mind blown!
How did I realize this?
I am watching KAKE News in Wichita show Evergy & Spirit Aerosystems.
But I remember KATU in Portland (home) shows Columbia, Nike, Starbucks.
Mind blown!
February 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I was today year's old when I realized the stocks shown on the local news are (often) LOCAL companies.
How did I realize this?
I am watching KAKE News in Wichita show Evergy & Spirit Aerosystems.
But I remember KATU in Portland (home) shows Columbia, Nike, Starbucks.
Mind blown!
How did I realize this?
I am watching KAKE News in Wichita show Evergy & Spirit Aerosystems.
But I remember KATU in Portland (home) shows Columbia, Nike, Starbucks.
Mind blown!
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
February 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
Woohoo! I made it to the 1000 day mark in German!
My high school Deutschlehrerin, Frau Cherry, would be so proud!
My high school Deutschlehrerin, Frau Cherry, would be so proud!
February 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Woohoo! I made it to the 1000 day mark in German!
My high school Deutschlehrerin, Frau Cherry, would be so proud!
My high school Deutschlehrerin, Frau Cherry, would be so proud!
"So spear of the Great Waters (Pilate), to satisfy the crowd, released the man of violence, Son of His Father (Barabbas), to them. He then turned over the man of peace, Creator Sets Free (Jesus)...to be...nailed to a tree-pole." Mark 15:15 First Nations Version
January 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"So spear of the Great Waters (Pilate), to satisfy the crowd, released the man of violence, Son of His Father (Barabbas), to them. He then turned over the man of peace, Creator Sets Free (Jesus)...to be...nailed to a tree-pole." Mark 15:15 First Nations Version
"In his tradition, the Bible is cited as an authority in order to keep people in line. In my tradition, the Bible is cited as an authority to affirm our dignity in the eyes and design of an Almighty God."
@pastortrey05.com Theologizin' Bigger
@pastortrey05.com Theologizin' Bigger
January 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"In his tradition, the Bible is cited as an authority in order to keep people in line. In my tradition, the Bible is cited as an authority to affirm our dignity in the eyes and design of an Almighty God."
@pastortrey05.com Theologizin' Bigger
@pastortrey05.com Theologizin' Bigger
Every Christmas movie begins with someone working on a "big" presentation. Perhaps if we don't have big presentations at the end of the year we wouldn't have to have these Christmas movie tropes.
November 30, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Every Christmas movie begins with someone working on a "big" presentation. Perhaps if we don't have big presentations at the end of the year we wouldn't have to have these Christmas movie tropes.
Use a gif to show where you’re from
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Use a gif to show where you’re from
During the children's moment at church today, I talked to the kids (all 6 and under) about Thanksgiving. In explaining what we do at Thanksgiving, I said we "Give _____" and they couldn't figure out "thanks". Eventually the adults helped and we talked about what we are thankful for.
November 25, 2024 at 12:14 AM
During the children's moment at church today, I talked to the kids (all 6 and under) about Thanksgiving. In explaining what we do at Thanksgiving, I said we "Give _____" and they couldn't figure out "thanks". Eventually the adults helped and we talked about what we are thankful for.
A few years ago I wrote about the Church New Year and what it means for us (even those of us who are not liturgical).
oregonchristiangirl.home.blog/2019/11/23/h...
oregonchristiangirl.home.blog/2019/11/23/h...
Happy (Church) New Year
The start of the Church Year. Many people use the Gregorian New Year to check up on their physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional lives and make resolutions to improve those areas. Why not do it…
oregonchristiangirl.home.blog
November 24, 2024 at 1:58 PM
A few years ago I wrote about the Church New Year and what it means for us (even those of us who are not liturgical).
oregonchristiangirl.home.blog/2019/11/23/h...
oregonchristiangirl.home.blog/2019/11/23/h...
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Wesleyan Theologian: The half full cup represents the journey towards entire sanctification. The half empty cup represents the need to confess our sins to one another.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Wesleyan Theologian: The half full cup represents the journey towards entire sanctification. The half empty cup represents the need to confess our sins to one another.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Psychologist: It seems important for you to know how full the cup is. Tell me more about that.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Psychologist: It seems important for you to know how full the cup is. Tell me more about that.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
November 23, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Wesleyan Theologian: The half full cup represents the journey towards entire sanctification. The half empty cup represents the need to confess our sins to one another.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Wesleyan Theologian: The half full cup represents the journey towards entire sanctification. The half empty cup represents the need to confess our sins to one another.
*Husband has a peach dump cake in the oven for our church's "Thanksgiving Pie Social" tomorrow.*
Me: Why does it smell like a fair...?
Him: um....
Me: Oh! The cake! 🤦
Me: Why does it smell like a fair...?
Him: um....
Me: Oh! The cake! 🤦
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
*Husband has a peach dump cake in the oven for our church's "Thanksgiving Pie Social" tomorrow.*
Me: Why does it smell like a fair...?
Him: um....
Me: Oh! The cake! 🤦
Me: Why does it smell like a fair...?
Him: um....
Me: Oh! The cake! 🤦
Walked out of Walmart and saw that the Salvation Army kettle had tap to pay (or tap to donate) but not even Walmart has tap to pay at the register.
November 21, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Walked out of Walmart and saw that the Salvation Army kettle had tap to pay (or tap to donate) but not even Walmart has tap to pay at the register.
Best. Team. 3x3!
Mist
* Jewell Loyd
* Dijonai Carrington
* Breanna Stewart
* Courtney Vandersloot
* Rickea Jackson
* Aaliyah Edwards
* Jewell Loyd
* Dijonai Carrington
* Breanna Stewart
* Courtney Vandersloot
* Rickea Jackson
* Aaliyah Edwards
November 20, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Best. Team. 3x3!
It's morning. It's coffee.
November 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM
It's morning. It's coffee.