Loriene Roy

@lorieneroy.bsky.social

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Mother, sister, daughter, friend. Anishinaabe woman. Writer. Educator. Music lover.

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Loriene Roy is an American scholar of Indigenous librarianship, professor and librarian from Texas. She was the first Native American president of the American Library Association when she was inaugurated in 2007. .. more

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · 8d

Bamberg street scenes

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · 9d

Public art in Bamberg, Sept 2025

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · 11d

Bamberg, day 1

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · 22d

Liked hearing the touch of supernatural. Some years ago was with a former student @ the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK. 1st, a bright orange fox with a white tipped tail ran by us. Then, she looked into a small arbor to find it surrounded by dancing fireflies. Magic comes when needed.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · 26d

Street views in Munich

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 27

Take care on the fast and furious! Been in Germany for past 10 days, largely in Bamberg for conference plus a 1 day road trip. Height of fall harvest—apples, pears, grapes, corn, sunflowers. Plus cuddly cats, street art & interesting architecture. Some beer!

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 25

Good foraging! I remember hiking in Laponia with librarians attending a Barents Sea conference. Crossing boggy, rocky land with lemmings underground. Sapmi/Maori/American/Russian delegates. Found beaucoup wild mushrooms and the Russians were especially enthralled with nature’s bounty.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 20

In Bamberg Germany for another week. Pizza scooter!

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 17

Stopped at the gate for imaginary departures at ABIA. . Got my ticket! Off to Tatooine I go!

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 12

Had to find a definition. (1) Many refs to a song; (2)a dependable person(Wiktionary); (3)an imaginary friend who will save you from yourself(interestinglit); (4)a sturdy place to lean in times of trouble(extrachill); (5)the hope of finding inspiration in a person(neonmusic). Display or wall art?

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today I clipped some purslane to add to soup, also good as a salad or steamed as a side.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’ve had your rocket! This arugula is powerful/peppery. I eat it in small salads—adding a hard boiled egg, pecans, olive oil & balsamic vinegar. Or I add it to my soup cauldron. Each year’s garden varies, hoping that the radish, bok choi, other lettuces do well. May tide me over til next June!

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 3

See the wayward arugula growing in the right corner. I let the plants self propagate and they tend to like the gravel walk ways. I will try to round them up when I prepare the box gardens as they will be stronger.

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 2

The secret to the gardens…

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Sep 2

Love to see Ozzy and Syd and their smiles! Here, fall is weeks away. Will plant the garden after I return from Germany (giving a talk). Meanwhile, eggplants are handling the heat.

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 24

Night, Mr. C!

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Waterloo Records sale before the store moves.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 15

And coyotes and ghosts.

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 15

I think I was! The ranch had wonderful cow dogs. The rancher had tough times. Someone vandalized the bailer. A neighbor stole a calf and went to prison. Someone shot a new Charolais bull. The rancher and his friends rode, looking for that evil person. One day they didn’t ride again. Mystery solved.

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hugging a round hay bale, northern Minnesota, years ago. Wrangling cats near hay bales on a cattle ranch near Klamath Falls, Oregon, years ago.

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Somewhere I have b&w photos of me among hay bales, some 45 years ago. Perhaps from northern Minnesota or when I lived on a cattle ranch in south central Oregon. I helped feed the calves, though I did not eat them as I did not eat meat at that time. Will post if they surface!

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Rectangular bales?

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Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks! I’ve missed the pooches. Syd may like corn, or just carving out his own rest spot. Ozzy may be the leader of the pack. Here, Rummy the Panda dog has trained me to meet her at the fence. She yips and I arrive with a bisquit. She whimpers and I give her another.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thin wet rain sounds like what Pueblo communities call female rain—nourishing and soaking.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Rummy, the neighbor dog, from over the fence, 31 July 2025. Sporting her new do from the salon.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Jul 30

Syd & Ozzie scouting ahead, following interesting smells. End of season field? Green houses? Edible mushrooms?

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Whale Rider (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) has arrived! I hope you like the “Suggestions for further resources” section that I contributed. It was an honor to be included in this project. I know of several book clubs that have selected the title for upcoming meetings.

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Jul 27

And I imagine that you have many suitable hats!

Loriene Roy @lorieneroy.bsky.social · Jul 26

& no riding e-scooters (eg, Bird, Lime), either. Had 6 guests last week—Dine/Navajo people in their 30s. 2 who rode scooters went home with injuries with 1 suffering a scraped knee/scraped head/broken wrist/broken scapula. Needs to have surgery after returning to Albuquerque. Be well! Take care!