Karen Ann
@lollipopster.bsky.social
Washingtoregonian.
I’ve got a spreadsheet for that.
All my grandkids are furbabies.
Living with myeloma.
Leftist, humanist, percussionist.
I’ve got a spreadsheet for that.
All my grandkids are furbabies.
Living with myeloma.
Leftist, humanist, percussionist.
In the planning stages of a DIY kitchen remodel. Moving things out of the way to prep for demo. The goal is to finish the project before we run out of booze. 🤣
(I realize this photo makes it look like we are raging alcoholics. I promise, we aren’t. We just like to have tastings with friends.)
(I realize this photo makes it look like we are raging alcoholics. I promise, we aren’t. We just like to have tastings with friends.)
August 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In the planning stages of a DIY kitchen remodel. Moving things out of the way to prep for demo. The goal is to finish the project before we run out of booze. 🤣
(I realize this photo makes it look like we are raging alcoholics. I promise, we aren’t. We just like to have tastings with friends.)
(I realize this photo makes it look like we are raging alcoholics. I promise, we aren’t. We just like to have tastings with friends.)
OHSU is very deserving of this gift and I’m certain lives will be saved. This where I had my stem cell transplant to treat multiple myeloma. The care I received was top notch.
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute receives record $2 billion commitment from Phil and Penny Knight
The largest single donation ever made to a U.S. university, college or academic health center will transform cancer care.
news.ohsu.edu
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
OHSU is very deserving of this gift and I’m certain lives will be saved. This where I had my stem cell transplant to treat multiple myeloma. The care I received was top notch.
Follow up testing one year after stem cell transplant - bone marrow biopsy results look good! Still getting chemo every 2 weeks for my high-risk flavor of multiple myeloma. But (otherwise) healthy and enjoying life.
July 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Follow up testing one year after stem cell transplant - bone marrow biopsy results look good! Still getting chemo every 2 weeks for my high-risk flavor of multiple myeloma. But (otherwise) healthy and enjoying life.
One of my happy places: Lake Shasta on a houseboat with some of my favorite people
June 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
One of my happy places: Lake Shasta on a houseboat with some of my favorite people
First swim of the season! Nothing better to wash away the cares of the day.
May 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
First swim of the season! Nothing better to wash away the cares of the day.
Oregon Outback - Summer Lake
April 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Oregon Outback - Summer Lake
Traffic jam on the way to the office this morning. Not even mad about it.
April 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Traffic jam on the way to the office this morning. Not even mad about it.
They say opposites attract. Near plate is mine - food all jumbled together. Far plate is hubby’s.
We’re also complementary on the cake/frosting issue. He eats the cake, and I get the best part.
We’re also complementary on the cake/frosting issue. He eats the cake, and I get the best part.
April 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They say opposites attract. Near plate is mine - food all jumbled together. Far plate is hubby’s.
We’re also complementary on the cake/frosting issue. He eats the cake, and I get the best part.
We’re also complementary on the cake/frosting issue. He eats the cake, and I get the best part.
Free Concert!
Southern Oregon Concert Band is an all volunteer, all ages community band since 1909.
Thursday March 20 at Oakdale Middle School (the old Medford High School). 7:00pm (it’ll be over by 8).
Come watch me pound shit (cymbals, chimes, tambourine, vibraphone, glockenspiel …).
Southern Oregon Concert Band is an all volunteer, all ages community band since 1909.
Thursday March 20 at Oakdale Middle School (the old Medford High School). 7:00pm (it’ll be over by 8).
Come watch me pound shit (cymbals, chimes, tambourine, vibraphone, glockenspiel …).
March 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Free Concert!
Southern Oregon Concert Band is an all volunteer, all ages community band since 1909.
Thursday March 20 at Oakdale Middle School (the old Medford High School). 7:00pm (it’ll be over by 8).
Come watch me pound shit (cymbals, chimes, tambourine, vibraphone, glockenspiel …).
Southern Oregon Concert Band is an all volunteer, all ages community band since 1909.
Thursday March 20 at Oakdale Middle School (the old Medford High School). 7:00pm (it’ll be over by 8).
Come watch me pound shit (cymbals, chimes, tambourine, vibraphone, glockenspiel …).
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@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer
March 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer
Feeling very old-timey today. Made chicken & dumplings, and applesauce.
March 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Feeling very old-timey today. Made chicken & dumplings, and applesauce.
Maui Humane Society does amazing work. The ripple effects of these DOGE cuts are going to be devastating.
February 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Maui Humane Society does amazing work. The ripple effects of these DOGE cuts are going to be devastating.
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I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
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This ad speaks for me! Signed by over 350 Rabbis and a good set of Jewish notables. Sign on here, there is no time to wait saynotoethniccleansing.org #SayNoToEthnicCleansing
February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This ad speaks for me! Signed by over 350 Rabbis and a good set of Jewish notables. Sign on here, there is no time to wait saynotoethniccleansing.org #SayNoToEthnicCleansing
Get yer jabs.
VFV Personal Story - Karen L.
"Seven months ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer called multiple myeloma...Between the disease and the treatment, I will spend the rest of my life with a compromised immune system."
"Many patients don’t die from the cancer itself but from...
"Seven months ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer called multiple myeloma...Between the disease and the treatment, I will spend the rest of my life with a compromised immune system."
"Many patients don’t die from the cancer itself but from...
February 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Get yer jabs.
Has it really only been less than 3 weeks?
Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
February 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Has it really only been less than 3 weeks?
Starting to look like the drive home from the office might be a little tricky. Still coming down.
February 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Starting to look like the drive home from the office might be a little tricky. Still coming down.
If you are able, please donate blood!
Supplies in the Pacific NW (and perhaps elsewhere) are dangerously low.
I benefitted from blood and plasma during my myeloma treatment and bone marrow transplant. Blood donors are truly lifesavers.
#giveblood
#myeloma
redcrossblood.org
bloodworksnw.org
Supplies in the Pacific NW (and perhaps elsewhere) are dangerously low.
I benefitted from blood and plasma during my myeloma treatment and bone marrow transplant. Blood donors are truly lifesavers.
#giveblood
#myeloma
redcrossblood.org
bloodworksnw.org
bloodworksnw.org
January 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you are able, please donate blood!
Supplies in the Pacific NW (and perhaps elsewhere) are dangerously low.
I benefitted from blood and plasma during my myeloma treatment and bone marrow transplant. Blood donors are truly lifesavers.
#giveblood
#myeloma
redcrossblood.org
bloodworksnw.org
Supplies in the Pacific NW (and perhaps elsewhere) are dangerously low.
I benefitted from blood and plasma during my myeloma treatment and bone marrow transplant. Blood donors are truly lifesavers.
#giveblood
#myeloma
redcrossblood.org
bloodworksnw.org
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Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
January 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Before, during, and … well, it’s not really after, so we’ll call it during, part 2.
January 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Before, during, and … well, it’s not really after, so we’ll call it during, part 2.
I love how this song from the Hamilton Mixtape takes one line from the show and turns it into a whole anthem. I especially appreciate Sno Tha Product’s reference to immigrants as America’s ghostwriters. Genius.
#hamilton
#immigrants
#trump
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds
#hamilton
#immigrants
#trump
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds
The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)
YouTube video by Hamilton
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I love how this song from the Hamilton Mixtape takes one line from the show and turns it into a whole anthem. I especially appreciate Sno Tha Product’s reference to immigrants as America’s ghostwriters. Genius.
#hamilton
#immigrants
#trump
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds
#hamilton
#immigrants
#trump
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds
Lunch at the Phoodery. Small town doing things right.
January 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Lunch at the Phoodery. Small town doing things right.
First Bluesky post. I’m overthinking this. So for starters, here’s a picture of the sheep my husband painted. It makes me smile.
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
First Bluesky post. I’m overthinking this. So for starters, here’s a picture of the sheep my husband painted. It makes me smile.