Writer, English teacher. Lover of all things literary, seeker of truth, defender of critical thinking. Shakespeare fan. Chocolate: yes. I write mystery novels as Julia Buckley and Veronica Bond. www.juliabuckleybooks.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mprzctzoxs22Happy #Caturday and HAPPY FOURTH to all those Americans who still treasure our Democracy. This is my patriotic Panther. #PantherForPresident04 Jul 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprzctzoxs22https://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mprz6dsqb222Why isn't a corrupt president ALWAYS the number one trending topic in a democracy? #Resist #SaveOurConstitution04 Jul 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprz6dsqb222https://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mpmqibcpnk26This is our #alexeinavalny. Now I. I have something to celebrate on July 4. Thank you to this man for showing that there are still patriots on America’s 250th birthday – and not the fake kind that storm the capital and murder police officers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmqibcpnk26https://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mou62vr2t222Happy Ten Years to my first #WritersApprentice novel! Check out the details at www.juliabuckley.com #booksky #summerreads #beachreads #classicmystery #cozy #berkley22 Jun 2026 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mou62vr2t222https://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mo7ffczji22dHappy #caturday From peach, who would prefer that people not use their laptops while she is in the room.13 Jun 2026 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo7ffczji22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mnxlvampkk23Americans are struggling to keep up with the high cost of living. Many are failing. And this regime is funneling billions into war and ICE. How about if we try electing people who care about people? #Human10 Jun 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxlvampkk23https://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mnskbfoyac2fTake a deep breath, focus on beauty. The beauty is eternal, and the rest will end.08 Jun 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnskbfoyac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mmdmozsyo22aOne of my favorite images from the last #NoKings march. Let’s start wielding our power, people. 💪 #WeThePeople.21 May 2026 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdmozsyo22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mmchctso2c2tCelebrating LittleFreeLibrary week with the debut of my own library! #LFLWeek #Booksmy20 May 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmchctso2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mjs2ngj3cc2jIn these tempestuous times, I am grateful for animals, especially cats and dogs; for books of all kinds (for reading, never burning), and for people who maintain a rhetoric of reason, logic, and truth. It's the simple things, after all. #Grateful #Hopeful #Resist #Caturday18 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs2ngj3cc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mjgg2ybu7k2pFrom Instagram: Hungary celebrates the fall of Orban – engineered democratically! #Democracy #DownWithDictators #GoHungary #PowerToThePeople https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXEJwTwDIPd/?igsh=dTdpbTBmd2N3b3l2 oh14 Apr 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgg2ybu7k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3miwnm77irc2rThe Lunatic in charge starts his "diplomacy" at EXTREME THREAT and then has nowhere to go, so he paces in his tower, shouting at the walls. Meanwhile, Snake-dance Vance is in Hungary stumping for an unpopular dictator (and, by association, Putin) because that's the vision America had for itself ?07 Apr 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwnm77irc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mifn6ygwxc2tWho is our best bet for righting the ship and focusing on the #urggentclimatecrisis and repairing #AmericasReputation? @petebuttigieg.bsky.social ? @kamalaharris.com ? @jbpritzker.bsky.social? @sanders.senate.gov ? Who will be the diplomat, statesperson, and visionary that we desperately need?01 Apr 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifn6ygwxc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mhoaqxmxcs2pThose who can watch Trump's atrocities and smile are descended from the people who watched "witches" burn, who attended the hangings and beheadings of "infidels." They have succumbed to the general evil. #Resist #WorkForGood #25thAmendment #Impeach #DownWithFascism #MakeAmericaKindAgain22 Mar 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhoaqxmxcs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mhnzwsemrc2rCelebrating my daughter-in-law’s birthday. The birthday child always gets a special place setting– -a tradition I learned from my German mother. 💛22 Mar 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnzwsemrc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mhmfw7fpps2nour country’s “leader” posted, unforgivable comments relating to the death of the dignified and respected #robertmueller . But I’ve decided that by saying “Good. I’m glad” about another man’s death, he is merely empowering us to say the same about his demise. And millions will.22 Mar 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhmfw7fpps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mhj5etk4cc2oImagine Kamala won. We are not at war. There is no ICE. The victims of war and ICE are still alive. The justice department follows the law. Trump is prosecuted. Oh, but she’s female and intelligent and rational. So America went with the “low IQ” predatory criminal. #TheDeathOfLogic.20 Mar 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj5etk4cc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mhetvyqa3k2kRemembrance of Dogs and Cats Past. #Simon #BestBoy #BeagleMix We miss you, funny fellow.19 Mar 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhetvyqa3k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mh2ii7mris2zHappy #Caturday from the glorious ASH.14 Mar 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2ii7mris2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mgyhcayj2s2cIn honor of #caturday I share these new pictures. When a squirrel is right on the window ledge, it’s like live theater for cats.14 Mar 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgyhcayj2s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mgw6iuz7ks2cThe Democratic process. Don’t let them take it away. #Vote #VoteOutCorruption.13 Mar 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgw6iuz7ks2chttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mfqeyqwlys2k#booksky One of my best-reviewed books is also the least known. Discover Teddy Thurber in #TheGhostsOfLovelyWomen26 Feb 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqeyqwlys2khttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mexhyuin5k2sNeed a read? Try the bestselling Writer’s Apprentice and Hungarian teahouse mysteries! Or the Gothic-inspired castle in Veronica Bond’s Dinner and a Murder series. Love literary mysteries? SeeTeddy Thurber‘s first mystery. Find out more at www.juliabuckley.com. #FindANewSeries #BookSky #CozyMystery16 Feb 2026 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexhyuin5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mettwfrdkk2f Happy #valentine #caturday From lady Daphne.14 Feb 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mettwfrdkk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliskab.bsky.social/post/3mes2xq5d4s2eHappy Valentine’s Day. #booksky14 Feb 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:kzmj55it23yr5nfuo4gied3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mes2xq5d4s2e