SugarPill

03/24/2025

Hello! Just a little reminder that I don't really use Facebook anymore, and I don't check messages here. If you are trying to reach the shop, the phone number is still the same as it always was- 206.322.7455 (PILL) - and you can call OR text me there. I also do not update shop hours on this page, but I do try to keep up with all of that on our Instagram page.
You do know we moved to Whidbey Island almost 2 years ago, right?! There's a cute gay flower shop where we used to be - and SugarPill is now in Langley, just a few minutes from where the Mukilteo ferry drops you off in Clinton. It's pretty here, and quiet. There's sometimes whales outside my window. It's really easy to get here, so please come visit. Or call if you need anything - I go to the post office every day practically, though not Saturday 'cuz we don't have mail here on weekends.
You can sign up for a very occasional newsletter if you like, at my otherwise not very functional website : sugarpillseattle.com
I don't send things out very often, so no fears of being bombarded with emails!
Meanwhile, hoping you are all well. The world is a real sh*tshow right now, so please take precious care of yourselves, your beloveds, and especially your neighbors who might need an extra hand, a kind word, or outright protection from the feckless powers that currently are menacing almost all of us.
Be safe.
Be well.
Never surrender 🌈
❤️karyn

05/16/2024

I don't post here very much anymore, but wanted to share this with you in case you don't follow SugarPill elsewhere or have had a chance to come visit me up here on Whidbey Island.
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This is my gal CJ.
The very most important person in my life.
Probably you've noticed that I have been gone a bit from the shop lately, and that our hours have been a little wonky. (BTW, I won't be in until 1pm today, Thursday 5/16) Probably you've noticed, if you know her from visiting Saltwater in Langley, that she hasn't been behind the bar lately.
CJ was diagnosed with breast cancer.
We've been deep in the eye of the kind of storm that a sudden f**ksh*tstack of terrifying news brings, and I know that many of you reading this are all too familiar with that experience. It's already been a full time job navigating the health care system, and the road ahead for CJ is long and daunting - but thankfully we have been assured that there is reason to expect that she is going to be ok, and that her disease, while it sucks in every conceivable way, is manageable.
This is a link to a GoFundMe that I just created for CJ, and there is a lot more information there about what is happening. If you are able to help her financially, that would be amazing, as SugarPill is a sturdy little business but I will be wholly unable to support us both and cover the mountains of medical expenses she is about to incur. I will be setting up a Caring Bridge page for those of you who would like to stay in touch about her progress and other ways to support us as her treatment begins. She is also sharing the more personal - and often very entertaining - aspects of her journey on her own social media if you know her and care to follow along.
I really appreciate all of the love and support that so many of you have already showered up on us, and the patience that you have had with my absences from the shop. We are both really lucky to have so much love and beauty in this world, and are aiming ourselves at the future when this particular storm has passed and we can breathe a little more easily again.
xok

There are people in this world who are powerful because they set out to ha… Karyn Schwartz needs your support for CJ is gonna kick cancer's ass. Can you help?

12/06/2023

I don't use Facebook almost ever anymore, but I DID want you to be able to access my latest newsletter, if you have not already received it, and to invite you to subscribe to it (they don't come very often - don't worry!) if you would like to receive news, details about upcoming events and also occasional special offers like the one in this edition! You can sign up for future mailings at www.sugarpillseattle.com

https://mailchi.mp/0595522c23bb/holidays-at-sugarpill

08/17/2023

For many many years, SugarPill has been honored to bring you the magic of beekeeper, poet, teacher, activist, father, friend, and all around amazing human Bob Redmond in the form of the very best local honey that he both helped to produce and taught others to do the same. First as Urban Bee and then as Survivor Bee, Bob has worked tirelessly to create a world in which bees could thrive, humans could benefit from their alchemical transmutation of pollen to sweetness, and that there could be more understanding, appreciation for and preservation of our fragile ecosystem. I am very sad to tell you that after living for many years with cancer, Bob will be making his own transition soon, and the world will be a less sweet place to be without him. I hope you will join me in supporting his family through this time, and to help give him the easiest transition possible, and not leave his family with an excessive financial burden as a result.

As you may know, Bob was diagnosed with Stage 4 (metastatic) cancer in May of 2… Margo Williams needs your support for Supporting the Redmond Baranski Family

08/13/2023

Finally got my phone number back, and you can call OR text now.
206.322.7455(PILL)
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08/06/2023

Not mentioned but definitely the heart of the botanical world of magic in Langley is my AMAZING neighbor across the street, Flying Bear Farm. Flower Medicine at it's best https://instagram.com/flyingbearfarm?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

South Whidbey resident Karyn Schwartz owns SugarPill, where she formulated custom herbal medicine.

08/05/2023

I know I haven't been present on this particular platform much... It's been a very busy and lovely summer so far, getting used to being at the new shop! Hope you can come visit soon. You'll find us on 1st Street in Langley, every day except Tuesdays and Wednesdays, across the street from the sweetest flower-lined alley 🌸

06/04/2023

Hello Langley ✨

04/12/2023

After 13 years of kicking and screaming, I finally agreed to let someone make a functional website for SugarPill 😮 Visit sugarpillseattle.com and sign up for our mailing list if you would like to stay in touch!

04/08/2023

This is our very last weekend here in the Gayborhood! I hope we have prepared you well for our relocation this summer to Langley on Whidbey Island!
We're open Saturday from 11-6 and Sunday 11-4ish, and almost everything that's left in the shop is 50-75% off. Hope to see you - and if you can't come by this weekend, stay tuned, because we have some surprises coming up...💖

03/03/2023

I realize that this has been the longest goodbye ever, but time is funny, how it can go so excruciatingly slow and then all of a sudden things happen in an eyeblink. March 31st - only 4 weeks from today - will be our last regular day of business here on Pine Street - and we're gonna have a little party that night to celebrate! Details to follow - and also a huge blowout sale of merchandise and furnishings to follow as well, from April 1-9. I'll keep you posted about all of that - but meanwhile here's a few other things to know:
1. For those of you who haven't already heard, we are NOT closing, but we ARE moving! We will be reopening later this spring in Langley up on Whidbey Island!
2. We ship. Always have. Still don't have a website. Might some day.... But all you have to do is call, email or message us and we can send you anything you want or need - and we might even deliver it to you in the city personally...
3. However, there's gonna be a stretch of time between the start of April and at least the end of May where we will not have the ability to do anything except pack and move and unpack - so if you rely on us for anything at all, you are going to want to stock up soon - especially if you are a regular mail-order customer.
4. I'm not going to be doing very much more ordering between now and the move - so come in sooner rather than later to pick up anything you might want or need from us before we run out!
5. The past few months have been incredibly sweet here, even though also really hard, especially for me. Leaving this community and leaving this city, my home for 34 years, is as heartbreaking as it is exciting - and I really appreciate having had this time to say goodbye to so many of you in person. I hope to see as many of you as possible in this next little stretch of time, and also just want to say - Langley is the BEST day trip from the city you can imagine, and I cannot wait to be your destination there!
6. I will for sure be in the shop every Thursday through Sunday this month; probably more. Julia will be with you Monday through Wednesday. Fern's about to have their baby, so keep them in your thoughts💖
XOKaryn

02/15/2023

This is gonna be a long one, so I'll start by saying that we are closing early today, at 5, so I can spend a little time with this miraculous person who I will not see again until after they have their baby!!! But YOU will have almost all of next week - Monday through Thursday - to come by one last time and say thank you to Fern for all that they have given you over the years.
Ten, I think, is how many we have been lucky enough to have them here, sharing their magic and expertise and care.
There's really no way that I can express what it has meant to me that Fern has returned to SugarPill in between all of the other endeavors and adventures they have embarked on over this past decade. They have allowed me to witness so much of their evolution as an herbalist, far surpassing my own knowledge in so many ways, and challenging me to grow in this work even as they looked to me for guidance along the way.
I think that one of the things I will always be proudest of about "owning" this business, is that it has never just been me determining what it has become, and it would not even still exist without Fern.
I could never have done this without you.
I owe you the world.
xok