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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger
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Fifty states in the rear view mirror and
Hundreds of blog posts ahead of me.
Find my real-life adventures and my #OnTheForest novels at PamPortland.org
I saw Amour on the big screen. Wonderful film.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I’ve heard this soundtrack as background music in a Disney restaurant and accompanying music in a National Park Service Visitor Center film.

Only the soundtrack to The Natural is in the same exceptional category.
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Little cuddle pups are the best
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I make guac by smashing my 🥑 and mixing it with salsa. Done.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
While I like the concept, much like unsafe abortions, it will continue to happen despite legislation. How can we enact legislation that will bring it to the forefront so corporations can be shamed (a la Target's capitulation)?
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Yes! It’s a thing!

(I took one class and then outsourced it.)
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We never took pennies at the overseas military exchanges back in the 90s. I worked at one and we all knew how to do it.

I’m sure AI can do this easily with no mathematical errors, right?!?! 😜
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Exactly right.
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
One of the odd things I recently learned about Google Translate is if a website has a GT option, a user can translate the English site to Spanish (for ex.), then to go back to English, it translates the Spanish to English, it does not go back to the original site text.
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As difficult as this must be for your and all the love in your heart, I can only imagine how Penny’s body was giving its all, too.

My first dog was named Penny, and I remember when she passed. I lost my girl in August. They’re all still sad.

I’m sorry for your loss. 💔
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I took a ton of close-up pictures of that engine's exterior. It is gorgeous! #ParkChat
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
You're one step closer to becoming the bionic man.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I've driven in or out all 5 Yellowstone entrances and they all offer something amazing along the way: Beartooth - see above post, North - the Arch, west - Avalanche Lake, south - the Grand Tetons, and east - descending to Lake Yellowstone. #ParkChat
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
That's where my dog and I had our first date! #ParkChat
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A11: I remember hiking on the Appalachian Trail and I met a man hiking the opposite direction on behalf of a friend who died. I still remember that encounter courtesy of my feet. #ParkChat
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM