Patricia Warman
@petoskeystone.bsky.social
I was a hospital social worker, until I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer, stage four, metastasized. I was told I had a year to live. That was almost seven years ago. https://pattywarman.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon opened in 1961. My husband remembers going to Joe Brown's Caramel Corn with his mom and siblings, back when it was new. The only continuously run business left in the mall, still going strong since 1961. We had to go back before the mall is demolished soon!
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon opened in 1961. My husband remembers going to Joe Brown's Caramel Corn with his mom and siblings, back when it was new. The only continuously run business left in the mall, still going strong since 1961. We had to go back before the mall is demolished soon!
Costco is cool, but another great Seattle company is Dick’s Drive-In.
Benefits:
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Free meals
Free transit pass
401(k) plan
Paid volunteer time
Scholarship program
Child-care assistance
Starting wages are $22.00-$26.00/ hour.
Benefits:
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Free meals
Free transit pass
401(k) plan
Paid volunteer time
Scholarship program
Child-care assistance
Starting wages are $22.00-$26.00/ hour.
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Costco is cool, but another great Seattle company is Dick’s Drive-In.
Benefits:
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Free meals
Free transit pass
401(k) plan
Paid volunteer time
Scholarship program
Child-care assistance
Starting wages are $22.00-$26.00/ hour.
Benefits:
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Free meals
Free transit pass
401(k) plan
Paid volunteer time
Scholarship program
Child-care assistance
Starting wages are $22.00-$26.00/ hour.
On the way to Sunset Beach, Oregon. Loved seeing the elk and picked up some sand dollars for the grandkids. Can't wait to break one open and help them find the three tiny doves.
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On the way to Sunset Beach, Oregon. Loved seeing the elk and picked up some sand dollars for the grandkids. Can't wait to break one open and help them find the three tiny doves.
“Silence is political. You are not actually avoiding the difficult terrain of politics by not saying anything. Refusing to speak simply becomes tacit approval of the status quo.”
Jemar Tisby, PhD
Jemar Tisby, PhD
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Silence is political. You are not actually avoiding the difficult terrain of politics by not saying anything. Refusing to speak simply becomes tacit approval of the status quo.”
Jemar Tisby, PhD
Jemar Tisby, PhD
As a person living with cancer, I have to ask: is it possible to watch a Christmas movie where the mom isn't dead or dying of cancer??🎄
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
As a person living with cancer, I have to ask: is it possible to watch a Christmas movie where the mom isn't dead or dying of cancer??🎄
I asked AI to tell me how many individual doses are in 400 tons. This was the answer:
Sorry — I can’t help calculate how many individual doses are contained in a quantity of an illegal opioid like fentanyl. Giving that sort of calculation could be used to facilitate distribution or harm.
Sorry — I can’t help calculate how many individual doses are contained in a quantity of an illegal opioid like fentanyl. Giving that sort of calculation could be used to facilitate distribution or harm.
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I asked AI to tell me how many individual doses are in 400 tons. This was the answer:
Sorry — I can’t help calculate how many individual doses are contained in a quantity of an illegal opioid like fentanyl. Giving that sort of calculation could be used to facilitate distribution or harm.
Sorry — I can’t help calculate how many individual doses are contained in a quantity of an illegal opioid like fentanyl. Giving that sort of calculation could be used to facilitate distribution or harm.
I like the idea of an advent calendar, but I have to wonder, do I really need 25 of one thing? Apparently the answer is yes, because I gave my husband a wine advent calendar and we are enjoying it very much. But I had to purchase a cheese advent calendar to go with it!
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I like the idea of an advent calendar, but I have to wonder, do I really need 25 of one thing? Apparently the answer is yes, because I gave my husband a wine advent calendar and we are enjoying it very much. But I had to purchase a cheese advent calendar to go with it!
If your high school is having a 50th year reunion, you must attend! You might just reconnect with your artist friend and she might just send you some hand painted bookmarks. Brilliant!
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If your high school is having a 50th year reunion, you must attend! You might just reconnect with your artist friend and she might just send you some hand painted bookmarks. Brilliant!
Words we must know, now that Trump is in office.
Today’s word: kleptocracy
Definition: Kleptocracy is a government whose corrupt leaders expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern.
Used in a sentence: The Trump administration is replacing American democracy with a kleptocracy.
Today’s word: kleptocracy
Definition: Kleptocracy is a government whose corrupt leaders expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern.
Used in a sentence: The Trump administration is replacing American democracy with a kleptocracy.
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Words we must know, now that Trump is in office.
Today’s word: kleptocracy
Definition: Kleptocracy is a government whose corrupt leaders expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern.
Used in a sentence: The Trump administration is replacing American democracy with a kleptocracy.
Today’s word: kleptocracy
Definition: Kleptocracy is a government whose corrupt leaders expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern.
Used in a sentence: The Trump administration is replacing American democracy with a kleptocracy.
I went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium to see the jellyfish, but all I saw were these spineless democrats.
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium to see the jellyfish, but all I saw were these spineless democrats.
Asserting my personal agency by arriving to movies 20 minutes late in order to avoid watching previews of movies I will never want to see.
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Asserting my personal agency by arriving to movies 20 minutes late in order to avoid watching previews of movies I will never want to see.
Be careful out there! Holidays can be dangerous!
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Warning! It’s the Holiday Season and Things Could Get Dangerous.
I’m not talking about the dangers that are inherent in any family gathering when relatives start talking about religion, money or politics.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Be careful out there! Holidays can be dangerous!
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Gratitude is strongest, clearest, most robust, and radical when things are really hard.
—Diana Butler Bass
Gratitude is not a form of passive acceptance or complicity. Rather, it is the capacity to stare doubt, loss, chaos, and despair right in the eye and say, “I am still here"
-Richard Rohr
—Diana Butler Bass
Gratitude is not a form of passive acceptance or complicity. Rather, it is the capacity to stare doubt, loss, chaos, and despair right in the eye and say, “I am still here"
-Richard Rohr
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Gratitude is strongest, clearest, most robust, and radical when things are really hard.
—Diana Butler Bass
Gratitude is not a form of passive acceptance or complicity. Rather, it is the capacity to stare doubt, loss, chaos, and despair right in the eye and say, “I am still here"
-Richard Rohr
—Diana Butler Bass
Gratitude is not a form of passive acceptance or complicity. Rather, it is the capacity to stare doubt, loss, chaos, and despair right in the eye and say, “I am still here"
-Richard Rohr
The chaos in our country swirls out of control, every day a new atrocity by Trump. As a person of faith I am reminded that God's biggest plans happen through ordinary people making faithful choices.
From one ordinary person to another, God bless you, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! ❤️😍
From one ordinary person to another, God bless you, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! ❤️😍
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The chaos in our country swirls out of control, every day a new atrocity by Trump. As a person of faith I am reminded that God's biggest plans happen through ordinary people making faithful choices.
From one ordinary person to another, God bless you, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! ❤️😍
From one ordinary person to another, God bless you, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! ❤️😍
When the evil players in the cutrent administration are in prison and the libs are in charge, lets give everyone medicare.
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Looking for Health Insurance in the 1990’s
One of the biggest frustrations of my adult life has been paying for health insurance each month.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
When the evil players in the cutrent administration are in prison and the libs are in charge, lets give everyone medicare.
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The only reason I am alive today is because doctors at the National Institute of Health were able to run experimental treatments and develop a new drug for my type of cancer. I am forever grateful.
But the Republican Party doesn't care about people with cancer. Cruelty is the goal.
But the Republican Party doesn't care about people with cancer. Cruelty is the goal.
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The only reason I am alive today is because doctors at the National Institute of Health were able to run experimental treatments and develop a new drug for my type of cancer. I am forever grateful.
But the Republican Party doesn't care about people with cancer. Cruelty is the goal.
But the Republican Party doesn't care about people with cancer. Cruelty is the goal.
Words we need to know now that Trump is in office.
Today's words:
“Dunning-Kruger Effect"
Definition: the well-observed tendency of stupid people to vastly overestimate their abilities or intelligence.
Used in a sentence: Trump demonstrates the Dunning-Kruger effect on a daily basis.
Today's words:
“Dunning-Kruger Effect"
Definition: the well-observed tendency of stupid people to vastly overestimate their abilities or intelligence.
Used in a sentence: Trump demonstrates the Dunning-Kruger effect on a daily basis.
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Words we need to know now that Trump is in office.
Today's words:
“Dunning-Kruger Effect"
Definition: the well-observed tendency of stupid people to vastly overestimate their abilities or intelligence.
Used in a sentence: Trump demonstrates the Dunning-Kruger effect on a daily basis.
Today's words:
“Dunning-Kruger Effect"
Definition: the well-observed tendency of stupid people to vastly overestimate their abilities or intelligence.
Used in a sentence: Trump demonstrates the Dunning-Kruger effect on a daily basis.
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When this all shakes out, and the main players are in prison, I wonder. Will I get an apology from my MAGA friends?
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
When this all shakes out, and the main players are in prison, I wonder. Will I get an apology from my MAGA friends?
