Historian, writer of historical fiction. Retired museum educator. Garden, books, and bird lover. Skills: can churn and wash butter, write in 19th century cursive & wield beater and froe. https://www.jloakleyauthor.com/https://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mydwlbbpj22tI cry every time I see that sweet face. Mississippi needs a teaching. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydwlbbpj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mydwdihbns2tSounds like the Soviet Union or worse any occupied country in WWII. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydwdihbns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3myd7wsl2qc2vEspecially when you are piloting it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myd7wsl2qc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3myd7n3f2ic2vThe only thing that could be true is that there WAS a terrible flood & people remembered it this way. This happened in the Pacific NW. Coast Salish stories tell about a thunder bird that shook the islands & caused a tsunami. It was found to be true in records in a Japanese temple across the ocean. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myd7n3f2ic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mybsyul4qs2fSounds very Trumpian to me. I know MAGA has been interfering with the vote. I'm so ashamed of my country. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybsyul4qs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mybi2dsi3s2fWhat the-- Mississippi you're showing your Jim Crow past in vibrant colors. What a sweet little boy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybi2dsi3s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3myb27e6cfc2fThis is a public golf course. He's trying to make everyinthing exclusive to oligarchs. This is the people's town. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myb27e6cfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3my7empp3zs2nI have a wonderful narrator for my #Norway in #WWII novels: Chris Humphreys whose own mother was in the resistance.19 Oct 2026 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3my7empp3zs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3my7dkno3nk2nBe like the kids in NC. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3my7dkno3nk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3my7dio3tx22nI've been writing about Rinnan in all my #WWII novels set in #Norway. Even had the opportunity to handle his trial records & crime book in Trondheim. The Quisling Factor is about his trial& the effect on my hero who was tortured by him. It's wild that there is now a show about Rinnan coming to Prime [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3my7dio3tx22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxzcj74hpk2qMaybe she can transition back to China. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzcj74hpk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxzccstk322qmy little brother ended up in the hospital with brain fever. Kids ended up deaf or blind, pregnant women got babies with such issues just being exposed unknowingly to it or a dead baby. In the 19th century it wiped indigenous communities in the NW. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzccstk322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxz5ag3ams2mWhat a wonderful list. Fun to see friends I know. Congrats to all on the list. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxz5ag3ams2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxxo3nahi22qGreat response, Mr. King. I think a weasel is the best animal rep. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxo3nahi22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxxnlrnyos2qAll well deserved honors. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxnlrnyos2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxxnb25ezc2qThank you neighbor. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxnb25ezc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxurinb3ys2dLexie's story moved me, too. I thought Bill Moore was the perfect narrator for it. I had the privilege of spending 1/2 a day with him in Scalloway, at the museum and on the waterfront. He later took me up to Lunna House for tea and a visit in manse where the Shetland Bus all started. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Oct 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxurinb3ys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxucyhwgjk2mCool. I think my ancestor, Osbjorn (Aasbjorn)came with him. They became Osborn in England. I always say I'm a 1066 Viking when I talk to Nordic groups about my WWII novels set in Norway. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Oct 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxucyhwgjk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxub6lrlyc2mI don't normally read this kind of work, but I did love the TV version of the Expanse. (My son says read the books!) Worth a try. You try it, too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Oct 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxub6lrlyc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxq27oervs2mCan someone blow up the man's face? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Oct 2026 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxq27oervs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxpngz5vkc2kGrandpa on the lawn in his bathrobe. people think this is how a president should act, they think this is normal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpngz5vkc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxpll4w45k23i wonder how bitcoin is doing. i wonder is jr is screaming somewhere. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpll4w45k23https://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxpknstclk23Keep it going. She's trying out as Goering's wife. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpknstclk23https://bsky.app/profile/jloakley.bsky.social/post/3mxpevqrdqc2tI need to review. What will that cost? Or wait until 2027. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:wxbmun4m5a5ejapcmpuvcarn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpevqrdqc2t