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Julie Butcher 🌴
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"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
~ Hunter S. Thompson


My local reporting: https://muckrack.com/julie-butcher
My writings & such: https://butchershop-nobonesaboutit.com
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What's on the #Glendale city council agenda for tonight? you ask:

$ routine annual financial reports & implementing acts
* selecting a mayor
* multiple opportunities for public comment

Plus . . .

glendaleca.primegov.com/Portal/Meeti...
Meeting
glendaleca.primegov.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed."
~ Walt Whitman

I get it, but 'odorous'?!?

🌱 Happy #TinyFlowerTuesday all you wonderful gardeners!

#Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet”
~ Edith Wharton

Oooh, I'm hoping #TerrierTuesday is really a thing! Cynthia knows it is 'cause of all the kind #DogsOfBlueSky 🐶
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts."
~ Dodinsky

🌱 A joyful #MagentaMonday to all you'se lovely gardeners of BlueSky🩷 #Bloomscrolling 🪷 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Gardening #Zone10a
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Post a book quote that you love.

#booksky #bookchallenge #writers #authors #readers #booklovers 📚 💙

“I just had everything I ever needed in case I was stranded somewhere without light or heat or power because, God damn it, you never know. It’s the bright side of chronic anxiety . . ."
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling."
~ Mirabel Osler

🌱 Wishing you some happy time in your garden on this lovely #YellowSunday 💛 #SundayYellow 🌻 #Bloomscrolling ☀️ #FlowerReport
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.

This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.”
~ Colette

A joyful #Caturday to all the #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈‍⬛ and the delightful people who love and serve them!
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:

1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)

2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“Ah, good conversation -- there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
~ Edith Wharton 💜 🌱
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What did the #Glendale city council do this week? you wonder.

"Dozens of Glendalians lined up to speak at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council . . ."

My local reporting:

www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/12/04/2...
Council Hears from Glendalians Regarding CORO - Crescenta Valley Weekly
www.crescentavalleyweekly.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."
~ Leonard Cohen

🌱 Good morning, kind gardeners.
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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For holidaye giftes, try CURATED BOOK BUNDLES from the amazinge THE LAST BOOKSTORE yn legendarye Los Angeles: "Pick a budget, choose your categories — we’ll handpick and ship a bundle based on what you love (or what someone you love, loves)."
www.lastbookstorela.com/shop-book-bu...
Shop Book Bundles | The Last Bookstore
Shop The Last Bookstore online for new and used books, vinyl records, rare collectibles, and unique gifts. Enjoy easy browsing, secure checkout, and shipping straight to your door—bringing our iconic ...
www.lastbookstorela.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I just became a huge Sabrina fan! Could someone please post a song or two so I can recognize what I like so much, besides her strength and conviction
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today."
~ Dale Carnegie

🌱 Happy happy #RoseWednesday all you lovely gardeners!

#BloomScrolling 🪷 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Gardening 🌹 #Zone10a
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Southern California pulling for Aftyn Behn in TN 7th today. GO GO GO!!!
💙💙💙💙💙
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
~ John Steinbeck

🌱 Guess I'm not the only one loving on the #TinyFlowerTuesday 💜

#Monarch 🪷 #Butterfly 🦋 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Bloomscrolling
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.”
~ Buddha

🌱 Oooh, it's a cold #MagentaMonday (for us!) but the sun will soon warm my little garden a bit.

#FlowerReport 🩷 #Bloomscrolling 💜 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅

Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“Flowers grow out of dark moments.”
~ Corita Kent

🌱 Sending joy and love and a pretty yellow flower to you'all on this #YellowSunday 💛 #SundayYellow

#BloomScrolling ☀️ #FlowerReport 🌻 #Poppies
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Every rivalry week game should do the same uniform thing USC and UCLA do

uclawire.usatoday.com/picture-gall...
Gallery: UCLA and USC double-home uniforms never fail to look great
The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans create artistic perfection with double-home unis. It should be an industry standard in college football
uclawire.usatoday.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🎵 We don't want no more deportations . . . from the bottom of our hearts! 🎵🎄
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM