Roberta Laurie
@robertalaurie.bsky.social
Writer, editor, teacher, artist living offgrid🌲in the Canadian Boreal🇨🇦Author Weaving a Malawi Sunrise📚Writing on sustainability, nature, adoption, mental health, eating disorders, LC, communication 🐝 Born 320ppm CO2 🌎 https://linktr.ee/robertalaurie
I'm absolutely thrilled with the new Night Sky piece I created. 😊
#markerart #nightsky #milkywayart #nightskyart
#markerart #nightsky #milkywayart #nightskyart
October 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I'm absolutely thrilled with the new Night Sky piece I created. 😊
#markerart #nightsky #milkywayart #nightskyart
#markerart #nightsky #milkywayart #nightskyart
This is the first time I've cast an elk print — or any other print. I'm thrilled with the results. ☺️
I'm hoping to incorporate the cast into a multimedia project. 🤞
I'm hoping to incorporate the cast into a multimedia project. 🤞
July 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is the first time I've cast an elk print — or any other print. I'm thrilled with the results. ☺️
I'm hoping to incorporate the cast into a multimedia project. 🤞
I'm hoping to incorporate the cast into a multimedia project. 🤞
On Wednesday, I set up my tent at the Jasper Farmers Market 🎪across from the library.
I'll be at there every week selling wilderness 🌲inspired art, jewelry, stickers, sun catchers, and other cool stuff. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you. Conversation and shade are always free. ☺
I'll be at there every week selling wilderness 🌲inspired art, jewelry, stickers, sun catchers, and other cool stuff. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you. Conversation and shade are always free. ☺
June 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On Wednesday, I set up my tent at the Jasper Farmers Market 🎪across from the library.
I'll be at there every week selling wilderness 🌲inspired art, jewelry, stickers, sun catchers, and other cool stuff. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you. Conversation and shade are always free. ☺
I'll be at there every week selling wilderness 🌲inspired art, jewelry, stickers, sun catchers, and other cool stuff. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you. Conversation and shade are always free. ☺
My very first attempt at resin molds. Many lessons were learned.
April 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My very first attempt at resin molds. Many lessons were learned.
*bowing to the goddess who wrote this, whomever she may be
March 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
*bowing to the goddess who wrote this, whomever she may be
People might comprehend a million, but a billion overwhelms the mind: One million seconds is about 11.5 days. One billion seconds is about 31 years and 8 months.
www.forbes.com/real-time-bi...
www.forbes.com/real-time-bi...
March 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
People might comprehend a million, but a billion overwhelms the mind: One million seconds is about 11.5 days. One billion seconds is about 31 years and 8 months.
www.forbes.com/real-time-bi...
www.forbes.com/real-time-bi...
She didn't attend protests. She didn't write books. She didn't run marathons. This is my grandmother/mother, and she is the strongest woman I've ever known.
Happy International Women's Day!
#internationalwomensday
Happy International Women's Day!
#internationalwomensday
March 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
She didn't attend protests. She didn't write books. She didn't run marathons. This is my grandmother/mother, and she is the strongest woman I've ever known.
Happy International Women's Day!
#internationalwomensday
Happy International Women's Day!
#internationalwomensday
Day 9: Favourite book to give as a gift
This one's easy. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Everyone needs this book!
This one's easy. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Everyone needs this book!
March 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Day 9: Favourite book to give as a gift
This one's easy. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Everyone needs this book!
This one's easy. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Everyone needs this book!
Day 8: Series everyone should read
This one’s hard, so I’ll return to a classic: The Dragon Riders of Pern. It’s been decades since I read it. I’m not even sure if I would still like it, but at the time it transported me into another world. I remember it more clearly than any other series.
This one’s hard, so I’ll return to a classic: The Dragon Riders of Pern. It’s been decades since I read it. I’m not even sure if I would still like it, but at the time it transported me into another world. I remember it more clearly than any other series.
March 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Day 8: Series everyone should read
This one’s hard, so I’ll return to a classic: The Dragon Riders of Pern. It’s been decades since I read it. I’m not even sure if I would still like it, but at the time it transported me into another world. I remember it more clearly than any other series.
This one’s hard, so I’ll return to a classic: The Dragon Riders of Pern. It’s been decades since I read it. I’m not even sure if I would still like it, but at the time it transported me into another world. I remember it more clearly than any other series.
Day 6: Best audiobook to listen to on a long road trip
Blackwater by Michael McDowell
I was immersed in this world and these characters for all 30 hours and 9 minutes.😁
Blackwater by Michael McDowell
I was immersed in this world and these characters for all 30 hours and 9 minutes.😁
March 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Day 6: Best audiobook to listen to on a long road trip
Blackwater by Michael McDowell
I was immersed in this world and these characters for all 30 hours and 9 minutes.😁
Blackwater by Michael McDowell
I was immersed in this world and these characters for all 30 hours and 9 minutes.😁
Day 6: Book that broke your heart.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara😥 No contest.
#bookchallenge #writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky #30daybookchallenge
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara😥 No contest.
#bookchallenge #writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky #30daybookchallenge
March 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Day 6: Book that broke your heart.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara😥 No contest.
#bookchallenge #writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky #30daybookchallenge
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara😥 No contest.
#bookchallenge #writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky #30daybookchallenge
This from Canadian Conservative journalist Andrew Coyne:
March 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This from Canadian Conservative journalist Andrew Coyne:
Day 5: Favourite classic novel
I think of classic as pre-1900, so "Oliver Twist" stands out, my Dickens fave. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1961) is a perfect book, not a word out of place. But I'll stretch it to 1981 and pick "A Confederacy of Dunces," exquisite characterization, gorgeous language.
I think of classic as pre-1900, so "Oliver Twist" stands out, my Dickens fave. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1961) is a perfect book, not a word out of place. But I'll stretch it to 1981 and pick "A Confederacy of Dunces," exquisite characterization, gorgeous language.
February 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Day 5: Favourite classic novel
I think of classic as pre-1900, so "Oliver Twist" stands out, my Dickens fave. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1961) is a perfect book, not a word out of place. But I'll stretch it to 1981 and pick "A Confederacy of Dunces," exquisite characterization, gorgeous language.
I think of classic as pre-1900, so "Oliver Twist" stands out, my Dickens fave. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1961) is a perfect book, not a word out of place. But I'll stretch it to 1981 and pick "A Confederacy of Dunces," exquisite characterization, gorgeous language.
30-Day Book Challenge: Day 4
Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
As a kid, I had a lot going on in my young life, so I struggled with isolation, anxiety & bullying. Not surprisingly I loved books that portrayed close friends going on magical adventures.
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
As a kid, I had a lot going on in my young life, so I struggled with isolation, anxiety & bullying. Not surprisingly I loved books that portrayed close friends going on magical adventures.
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
February 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
30-Day Book Challenge: Day 4
Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
As a kid, I had a lot going on in my young life, so I struggled with isolation, anxiety & bullying. Not surprisingly I loved books that portrayed close friends going on magical adventures.
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
As a kid, I had a lot going on in my young life, so I struggled with isolation, anxiety & bullying. Not surprisingly I loved books that portrayed close friends going on magical adventures.
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
When you glance up and your cats are staring at you for no apparent reason.🤨
February 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
When you glance up and your cats are staring at you for no apparent reason.🤨
It’s hard to wrap one’s mind around the magnitude of this obscenity.
February 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It’s hard to wrap one’s mind around the magnitude of this obscenity.
Current reads:
I'm listening to The Next Civil War. Among the surprises are Marche's depictions of the growing threat of armed militia groups. It's like something out of Hollywood.
The House that Horror Build is the first fiction I've been able to read since 2020. It feels like a bit of a miracle.
I'm listening to The Next Civil War. Among the surprises are Marche's depictions of the growing threat of armed militia groups. It's like something out of Hollywood.
The House that Horror Build is the first fiction I've been able to read since 2020. It feels like a bit of a miracle.
February 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Current reads:
I'm listening to The Next Civil War. Among the surprises are Marche's depictions of the growing threat of armed militia groups. It's like something out of Hollywood.
The House that Horror Build is the first fiction I've been able to read since 2020. It feels like a bit of a miracle.
I'm listening to The Next Civil War. Among the surprises are Marche's depictions of the growing threat of armed militia groups. It's like something out of Hollywood.
The House that Horror Build is the first fiction I've been able to read since 2020. It feels like a bit of a miracle.
I mean, yeah, I got this off the internet, but also it's true.
February 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I mean, yeah, I got this off the internet, but also it's true.
She looked like she was about to stamp her foot a la Rumpulstiltskin.
February 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
She looked like she was about to stamp her foot a la Rumpulstiltskin.
February 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Last seed packet pic, I promise. This is all of them...for now. Bwahahahaha... (laughs diabolically)
#seeds #wintergardening #seedpurchase #wintersowing
#seeds #wintergardening #seedpurchase #wintersowing
February 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Last seed packet pic, I promise. This is all of them...for now. Bwahahahaha... (laughs diabolically)
#seeds #wintergardening #seedpurchase #wintersowing
#seeds #wintergardening #seedpurchase #wintersowing
This is my second batch of mail order seeds. I have 3 goals this year: 1. To start all my plants except potatoes and onions from seed. 2. To save seeds from every seed variety I start. 3. To try a few varieties, I’ve never tried before because that’s one of the many joys of growing plants from seed.
February 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is my second batch of mail order seeds. I have 3 goals this year: 1. To start all my plants except potatoes and onions from seed. 2. To save seeds from every seed variety I start. 3. To try a few varieties, I’ve never tried before because that’s one of the many joys of growing plants from seed.
What the #UCP is doing is beyond reprehensible. While everyone's attention is on the Trump/Musk debacle, the UCP is taking away #Albertans' public healthcare.
#ABpoli #publichealthcare #Alberta
#ABpoli #publichealthcare #Alberta
February 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What the #UCP is doing is beyond reprehensible. While everyone's attention is on the Trump/Musk debacle, the UCP is taking away #Albertans' public healthcare.
#ABpoli #publichealthcare #Alberta
#ABpoli #publichealthcare #Alberta