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Julia Buckley

@juliskab.bsky.social

Writer, English teacher. Lover of all things literary, seeker of truth, defender of critical thinking. I love great literature, especially Shakespeare. Chocolate: yes. I write mystery novels as Julia Buckley and Veronica Bond.

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One way to help NPR and PBS is to FOLLOW β€ͺ@npr.org‬
and @pbs.org

Free speech is granted to us in the American Constitution. Fascists are trying to shut it down. #supportpublicmedia

Please share!!

01.08.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have just discovered the books of @catsteadman and am powering through them all! Good writing, great suspense.
#CatherineSteadman #Booksky #Mystery

31.07.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When the going gets tough, read "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, take some deep breaths, and know that tyrants fall.

28.07.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so sorry for what is happening. You have so much support here in the U.S., but I know that the aid is not getting through. I will look at your site.

25.07.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night.
But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends--
It gives a lovely light!"

--Edna St. Vincent Millay

21.07.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What if we all lived our best life and didn't try to control the lives of others? Wouldn't that be nice? #LiveAndLetLive

24.06.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love
YouTube video by Beth Cartwright Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love

Trying to focus on the positive? Play this over and over. #whattheworldneedsnowislove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUax...

24.06.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fight the "Big Beautiful Bill" (subtitle "Billionaires' Bloated Bag of Villainy, inspired by the devil) in any way you can. It will be devastating to all of us, and to our poor nation. #OfthepeopleBythepeopleForthepeople

05.06.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes, when I question the logic of a person's "true facts," they yell, "Do the research!"
I guess this is a euphemism for "I have never done research on this topic, but I enjoy hopping on the 'Misinformation Express' on the reg. Also, my thinking cap was long ago lost at sea." #criticalthinking

05.06.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting...

Win a book! #DeathOfaForestFairy www.facebook.com/JuliaBuckley...

#HappyJune #BookSky #Mystery #Cozy #HungarianTeaHouse #HanaKeller #SummerReads
#BeachReads #MaggiesTeaHouse

01.06.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Maureen! Hard to keep the righteous indignation bottled up. :)

01.06.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Death of a Forest Fairy Death of a Forest Fairy - Kindle edition by Buckley, Julia. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Death of a Forest Fairy.

Want a spring escape, cozy fans?
#DeathOfAForestFairy is now available in paperback and e-formats!
#booksky #cozy #mystery #HungarianTeaHouse #NewRelease #SpringReads
tinyurl.com/75b5pw6s

13.05.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#booksky Shakespeare’s birthday is this Wednesday! How will you celebrate the greatness of the Bard? The Shakespeare’s bookshop mystery. Novelas might do the trick! Here’s the link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYQGQDK....

21.04.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To our past (living) presidents of the United States: Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden.We need your leadership right now. We need you to remind America what a president should be, and that he OR SHE is a public SERVANT. #ForthePeople Lincoln's Ghost, if you could return to kick ass, that would be great.

23.03.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hold people to the TRUTH. Before we all forget that particular virtue once existed. And RESIST the self-serving bullshit that comes out of every toady serving the Grifter in the oval office. DEMAND better for our country. #Resist

20.03.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been wanting to read it. I saw him interviewed about a year afterward and was amazed by his composure. I think I'd still be trembling.

20.03.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Dark and Stormy Murder (Writer's Apprentice Mystery #1)|Paperback An aspiring suspense novelist lands in the middle of a real crime in the first Writer's Apprentice mystery.   Lena London's literary dreams are coming true—as long as she can avoid any real...

On sale today for 1.99 at your favorite e-book source! #booksky #cozymystery #mysteryseries

09.03.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris D. Jackson
🚨 NEW: Ukrainian President Zelensky just met with King Charles and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmerβ€”who made it crystal clear that the UK stands fully with Ukraine.

This is leadership. You stand with democracy. You stand with those under attack. Not the aggressors. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

01.03.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The lunatic in the White House just put on a little play with his shameful lackey. The performance was somehow supposed to show power (yelling?) but instead made them both look like what they are: liars, bullies, ignoramuses and traitors. #GetThemOut #FightforUkraine

01.03.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss Angela.

01.03.2025 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wont be spending money tomorrow, in person or online. It will be a nice reminder that my greatest treasures are already with me and cannot be purchased. Also, let's hope the #economicblackout hits some billionaires where they live: in dwindling piles of money. #YouCantTakeItWithYou

28.02.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm re-reading Louisa Scarr in anticipation of her new book! #booksky

28.02.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to think that it was a rare thing for someone to sell out their morality and everything they were taught as kids about right and wrong. Now I see that the phenomenon is as common as dirt. But don't bet on sellouts; they are, by definition, cowards.

19.02.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A fun twist on the locked room mystery! Check out the 6th #WritersApprentice mystery, #DeathThroughADarkGreenGlass which is also set in a cold and snowy February! #BlueLake #BookSky

18.02.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember when your English teacher passed out #AnimalFarm and people said, "Why do we have to read this? Well--because someday YOU might have a government that told you that "Everyone is equal, but some people are more equal than others." #WakeUp #ListenToOrwell #Reist

18.02.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

17.02.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 79648    πŸ” 14629    πŸ’¬ 2576    πŸ“Œ 827

@wrenispinkle.bsky.social Meatball Ron has lifted my spirits. God, I hope we can make a difference this time, and soon. #Resist #GoodPeopleRock

13.02.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember that animated Disney flick where the villain, a South African racist wealth goblin, insinuates himself into American gov't and tries to replace people with robots? Oh, wait--that's actually a true nightmare we are all having right now. #NoOneVotedForElon #ResistPlutocracy

10.02.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So excited! A new release by fave author @ellygriffiths.bsky.social . Will be checking out #TheFrozenPeople.#GreatReads #QuercusBooks #BookSky

04.02.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a slice of chocolate cake with gold leaf on top ALT: a slice of chocolate cake with gold leaf on top

In the midst of a #nosugar January, I was hoping (as I was assured by the doc) that the sugar craving would go away. No such luck! I still passionately want to eat #chocolate everything. :)
#sugaraddict

30.01.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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