Pam Portland, novelist and blogger
@pamportland.org
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
Hundreds of blog posts ahead of me.
Find my real-life adventures and my #OnTheForest novels at PamPortland.org
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Finally! I'm rolling out my latest novel beginning in 2026. It's the 4th and final #OnTheForest adventure entitled "A Girl Who Could Burn." ©2025
Start your weekend with the latest serial every Saturday morning. You can also find links to my first three novels here:
pamportland.org/ontheforest/
Start your weekend with the latest serial every Saturday morning. You can also find links to my first three novels here:
pamportland.org/ontheforest/
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Choose Your Own Adventure Friday: Votes are in across social media and it was a close one, but you chose to "hang out" and wait to be rescued from the tower. Let's see how this one ends! #adventuresoflollipop
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Choose Your Own Adventure Friday: Votes are in across social media and it was a close one, but you chose to "hang out" and wait to be rescued from the tower. Let's see how this one ends! #adventuresoflollipop
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day29
Unlike my previous novels, there are very few trigger warnings in my #TimeTravel story.
Unlike my previous novels, there are very few trigger warnings in my #TimeTravel story.
January 29, 2026 at 5:28 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day29
Unlike my previous novels, there are very few trigger warnings in my #TimeTravel story.
Unlike my previous novels, there are very few trigger warnings in my #TimeTravel story.
Hubs is on a business trip which can only mean one thing: it’s time to watch Heated Rivalry!
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Hubs is on a business trip which can only mean one thing: it’s time to watch Heated Rivalry!
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If you're looking for a happy little timeline cleanse, check out my wholesome, family-friendly, educational comics! #writestuff
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
If you're looking for a happy little timeline cleanse, check out my wholesome, family-friendly, educational comics! #writestuff
Attended a second screening of this film tonight. I just love it!
Big Medicine: York Outdoors teaser
YouTube video by Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Attended a second screening of this film tonight. I just love it!
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day27
While there is a shooting, it’s not fatal, nor do we find out about the recovery. As they say in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” it’s just a flesh wound.
While there is a shooting, it’s not fatal, nor do we find out about the recovery. As they say in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” it’s just a flesh wound.
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day27
While there is a shooting, it’s not fatal, nor do we find out about the recovery. As they say in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” it’s just a flesh wound.
While there is a shooting, it’s not fatal, nor do we find out about the recovery. As they say in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” it’s just a flesh wound.
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GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS,
RESCHEULED laughs!—McAninch Arts Center Sat. Feb. 28. atthemac.org/events/paula... Get your tickets. Get your laughs.
RESCHEULED laughs!—McAninch Arts Center Sat. Feb. 28. atthemac.org/events/paula... Get your tickets. Get your laughs.
Paula Poundstone - McAninch Arts Center
atthemac.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 AM
GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS,
RESCHEULED laughs!—McAninch Arts Center Sat. Feb. 28. atthemac.org/events/paula... Get your tickets. Get your laughs.
RESCHEULED laughs!—McAninch Arts Center Sat. Feb. 28. atthemac.org/events/paula... Get your tickets. Get your laughs.
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This week #ParkChat welcomes @witheachmile.com as our special guest host. They’ll be looking at “The Comfort of Certainty at Hiking” at the Parks. Interesting, right? Please join us on Wednesday at 9 PM ET @naturetechfam.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
This week #ParkChat welcomes @witheachmile.com as our special guest host. They’ll be looking at “The Comfort of Certainty at Hiking” at the Parks. Interesting, right? Please join us on Wednesday at 9 PM ET @naturetechfam.bsky.social
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day25
I struggle with maligning the name of a historic figure. I think I can make it slide, but I feel a bit guilty about it.
I struggle with maligning the name of a historic figure. I think I can make it slide, but I feel a bit guilty about it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day25
I struggle with maligning the name of a historic figure. I think I can make it slide, but I feel a bit guilty about it.
I struggle with maligning the name of a historic figure. I think I can make it slide, but I feel a bit guilty about it.
…and when I checked, I missed Wednesday’s #TimeTravelAuthors, too.
#Day21 #Chapter1
“Three, two, one,” Patrick #counted.
Clementine waited, practically unblinkingly, for the equipment to rev up, or light up, or heat up. She saw nothing.
#Day21 #Chapter1
“Three, two, one,” Patrick #counted.
Clementine waited, practically unblinkingly, for the equipment to rev up, or light up, or heat up. She saw nothing.
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 AM
…and when I checked, I missed Wednesday’s #TimeTravelAuthors, too.
#Day21 #Chapter1
“Three, two, one,” Patrick #counted.
Clementine waited, practically unblinkingly, for the equipment to rev up, or light up, or heat up. She saw nothing.
#Day21 #Chapter1
“Three, two, one,” Patrick #counted.
Clementine waited, practically unblinkingly, for the equipment to rev up, or light up, or heat up. She saw nothing.
I realized I missed yesterday’s #TimeTravelAuthors post…
#Day23
There’s a scene between my MC and the MC in the past timeline where they argue nastily, and it is intense and I just love it.
#Day23
There’s a scene between my MC and the MC in the past timeline where they argue nastily, and it is intense and I just love it.
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I realized I missed yesterday’s #TimeTravelAuthors post…
#Day23
There’s a scene between my MC and the MC in the past timeline where they argue nastily, and it is intense and I just love it.
#Day23
There’s a scene between my MC and the MC in the past timeline where they argue nastily, and it is intense and I just love it.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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I also enjoy musical mashups! Here's a good one by Jay-Z and Linkin Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oO... #writestuff
Numb / Encore (Official Audio) - Linkin Park / JAY-Z
YouTube video by Linkin Park
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I also enjoy musical mashups! Here's a good one by Jay-Z and Linkin Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oO... #writestuff
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#WriteStuff A2 In music and writing, I enjoy the creativity involved in taking two disparate genres and pushing them together into something new and delightful.
For a musical example, here's Brass Against with "Killing in the Name".
For a musical example, here's Brass Against with "Killing in the Name".
Brass Against - Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine Cover) Ft. Sophia Urista
YouTube video by Brass Against
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 AM
#WriteStuff A2 In music and writing, I enjoy the creativity involved in taking two disparate genres and pushing them together into something new and delightful.
For a musical example, here's Brass Against with "Killing in the Name".
For a musical example, here's Brass Against with "Killing in the Name".
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Tuesday, 20JAN26, #Writestuff will be discussing genres and mashups.
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Tuesday, 20JAN26, #Writestuff will be discussing genres and mashups.
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day19
Clementine, my MC, thinks her goal is to get back to her brother. Her real goal, is to stop the infiltration of AI in history.
Clementine, my MC, thinks her goal is to get back to her brother. Her real goal, is to stop the infiltration of AI in history.
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day19
Clementine, my MC, thinks her goal is to get back to her brother. Her real goal, is to stop the infiltration of AI in history.
Clementine, my MC, thinks her goal is to get back to her brother. Her real goal, is to stop the infiltration of AI in history.
Icy morning under the Big Sky
January 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Icy morning under the Big Sky
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day17 #Chapter1
“There’s no way this will #work,” Clementine was incredulous and disbelieving.
“There’s no way this will #work,” Clementine was incredulous and disbelieving.
January 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day17 #Chapter1
“There’s no way this will #work,” Clementine was incredulous and disbelieving.
“There’s no way this will #work,” Clementine was incredulous and disbelieving.
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day15
I love this Q! There are a lot of costs, especially financial, that probably never occur to the reader, or the author. In the case of my “inventor,” he gets by on small government-funded contracts as a third-party consultant. (I guess that’s a thing of the past.)
I love this Q! There are a lot of costs, especially financial, that probably never occur to the reader, or the author. In the case of my “inventor,” he gets by on small government-funded contracts as a third-party consultant. (I guess that’s a thing of the past.)
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day15
I love this Q! There are a lot of costs, especially financial, that probably never occur to the reader, or the author. In the case of my “inventor,” he gets by on small government-funded contracts as a third-party consultant. (I guess that’s a thing of the past.)
I love this Q! There are a lot of costs, especially financial, that probably never occur to the reader, or the author. In the case of my “inventor,” he gets by on small government-funded contracts as a third-party consultant. (I guess that’s a thing of the past.)
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day13
My story is not at all realistic, bc it’s a #TimeTravel story. But hey, if readers want to play along, I keep the technology low-key. I’ve also researched the heck out of the period to which my MC jumps, so I hope her experience in the past feels pretty darn real.
My story is not at all realistic, bc it’s a #TimeTravel story. But hey, if readers want to play along, I keep the technology low-key. I’ve also researched the heck out of the period to which my MC jumps, so I hope her experience in the past feels pretty darn real.
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day13
My story is not at all realistic, bc it’s a #TimeTravel story. But hey, if readers want to play along, I keep the technology low-key. I’ve also researched the heck out of the period to which my MC jumps, so I hope her experience in the past feels pretty darn real.
My story is not at all realistic, bc it’s a #TimeTravel story. But hey, if readers want to play along, I keep the technology low-key. I’ve also researched the heck out of the period to which my MC jumps, so I hope her experience in the past feels pretty darn real.
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(1/2) Lollipop and friends visit New Zealand in this #adventuresoflollipop throwback to 2011! 🇳🇿
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
(1/2) Lollipop and friends visit New Zealand in this #adventuresoflollipop throwback to 2011! 🇳🇿
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Palm Beach, Florida—Glazer Hall for the Performing Arts—Fri., Feb. 13
glazerhall.org/events/paula...
BARRE, VERMONT—Barre Opera House—Saturday, Feb. 21— ci.ovationtix.com/36347/produc...
glazerhall.org/events/paula...
BARRE, VERMONT—Barre Opera House—Saturday, Feb. 21— ci.ovationtix.com/36347/produc...
Paula Poundstone - Glazer Hall
Comedy legend. NPR favorite. Master of the mic. Paula Poundstone brings her unmatched wit and wildly spontaneous humor to GLAZER…
glazerhall.org
January 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Palm Beach, Florida—Glazer Hall for the Performing Arts—Fri., Feb. 13
glazerhall.org/events/paula...
BARRE, VERMONT—Barre Opera House—Saturday, Feb. 21— ci.ovationtix.com/36347/produc...
glazerhall.org/events/paula...
BARRE, VERMONT—Barre Opera House—Saturday, Feb. 21— ci.ovationtix.com/36347/produc...
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day11
I love the notion of characters having to choose their own time vs. the time to which they jumped. Probably why I like “Kate and Leopold.”
www.imdb.com/title/tt0035...
I love the notion of characters having to choose their own time vs. the time to which they jumped. Probably why I like “Kate and Leopold.”
www.imdb.com/title/tt0035...
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors #Day11
I love the notion of characters having to choose their own time vs. the time to which they jumped. Probably why I like “Kate and Leopold.”
www.imdb.com/title/tt0035...
I love the notion of characters having to choose their own time vs. the time to which they jumped. Probably why I like “Kate and Leopold.”
www.imdb.com/title/tt0035...
We’re about to be told in Billings!
@paulapoundstone.bsky.social
@paulapoundstone.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
We’re about to be told in Billings!
@paulapoundstone.bsky.social
@paulapoundstone.bsky.social