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.

hrvillain.substack.com/p/hr-holiday...

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.

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!

Newest Pacific North Witchery Substack post is available!

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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!

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!

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...

Making Mexican Hot Chocolate cookies from a NYTimes recipe. It involves freezing mini marshmallows and stuffing them in cookie dough. I think it worked but I sometimes feel like the only marshmallow cookie form I understand is rice krispie treats.

I'm not going to be able to go abroad this year for a long walk but I live in a great place for such a thing. I'm thinking the Oregon Coast Trail as a goal. Anyone here done the whole thing?
#Oregon

Haystack Rock at Cape Kiwanda in the sunset. I love the Oregon coast.

I spent the full moon (the Howling Moon) out at a hot springs in far out Eastern Oregon where I got to watch the moon rise with planets soaking in hot water with coyotes howling.

I know Eastern Oregon gets a bad rap from some but I can't stay away. It will always be a part of me, my first home.

Triple cranberry cookie dough - freeze dried cranberries pulverized to powder are added to white chocolate and the dough. I started experimenting with this recipe idea in April - ready to see if browned butter increases the deliciousness of this gluten free cookie.