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Greg Halling

@ghalling.bsky.social
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Forever Nacho’s pal. Executive editor of the Yakima Herald-Republic. Widely considered the J.J. Cale of journalists.

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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 14h
Something beautiful for this day: Marigold, Yakima, Washington (October 2026). #flowers #marigolds
Thin orange tubes of an unfolding marigold.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Zinnia, Yakima, Washington (October 2026). #flowers #zinnias
Salmon zinnia with a pink woven center and yellow crown.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Pansy, Yakima, Washington (October 2026). #flowers #pansy
Backlit yellow pansy.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s spooky season, and that can only mean one thing — Psych Halloween episodes! Tonight, S1E15, Scary Sherry: Bianca’s Toast. #psych #halloween
Jules in Psych.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
First Sherktini in my stunning new glass, a gift from Patricia Latshaw Halling. She knows me well.
Olives in a martini glass with a black stem and base.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Your Sunday Moment of Zen: Butterfly on a marigold, Yakima, Washington (October 2026). #butterflies #flowers #zen
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Marigold, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers
Orange ruffles.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fire is good.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So weird.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The crows aren’t happy about something. #crows
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Snapdragon, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers
Crimson, yellow and pink snapdragon bloom.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jury duty in superior court. A summons for federal jury duty in November. Rockford Files? Rockford Files.
Jim Rockford and Beth Davenport from The Rockford Files.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Rose, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #rose #yakima
Soft yellow rose with pink edges.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Cock’s comb, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers
Magenta flower spikes.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Late-morning moon, Yakima, Washington (September 2026).
White moon, white clouds, blue sky.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Asters, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #asters
A clump of purple aster blooms.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This cloud bank has changed color, but it hasn’t moved. I’m beginning to think it’s the cloud from “Nope.”
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Clouds at sunset, Yakima, Washington (September 2026).
A bank of dark orange clouds.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Honeybees on a sunflower, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #bees #sunflowers
Two honeybees nose-to-nose on the brown center of  copper and yellow sunflower.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A reflective Ghostly Emma.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Pansy, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #pansies
Indigo blue pansy with ink-blue whiskers, white eyebrows and a yellow throat.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Your Sunday Moment of Zen: Anna’s hummingbird at the feeder at twilight, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #hummingbirds
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Harvest Moon, Yakima, Washington (Sept. 26, 2026).
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Marigold, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #marigolds
Mahogany and orange flower.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sisters. #cats #tabby #calicos
A muted calico, patchy calico and a gray and white tabby curled up together.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Chrysanthemums, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #mums
Tangerine chrysanthemums.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Honeybees and sunflowers, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #bees #sunflowers
Honeybees on a cluster of red sunflowers with yellow tips.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Rose, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #rose #flowers
Yellow rosebud with red edges.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Waxing gibbous moon, Yakima, Washington (September 2026).
Pale yellow moon against a blue sky streaked with rose.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on a sunflower, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #bees #sunflowers
Gold and black honeybee foraging on the brown ring of a deep yellow sunflower.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Chrysanthemum, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #mums
White flower with a butter-yellow center.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Marigold, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #marigold
Tight yellow folds with a green center.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yeah, it was a long week. But it’s nothing that a good cigar and a Negroni can’t fix.
A cigar in front of a red drink.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Your Sunday Moment of Zen: Nuthatch at the feeder, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #birds #nuthatch
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Waxing gibbous moon, Yakima, Washington (September 2026).
Half moon against a black sky.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Pansy, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #pansies
Yellow and purple pansy with ink-blue whiskers, a gold center and white eyebrows.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I started at the Yakima Herald-Republic eight years ago today, making this my third longest gig behind The Hutchinson News and the Elkhart Truth. #becausejournalism
Press card and a red lanyard on a computer keyboard.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Sunflowers, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #sunflowers
Russet and cream sunflowers against a bright blue sky.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Butterfly on a marigold, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #butterfly #flowers
Small butterfly with a blue body on a yellow marigold.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Four days in Cleveland. A canceled flight to Yakima. Dozens of stranded passengers scrambling for late-night rental cars. Home at 3:30 AM. Rockford Files? Rockford Files.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
VOLUME UP: Hummingbird trash talk sounds like Morse Code. #hummingbirds
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We missed each other while I was in Cleveland for four days. #rescuedog #bordercollie #aussie
A gray, black and white border collie / Aussie mix with shiny brown eyes.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Guitars at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: 1) Jimi Hendrix, 2) Jackson Browne, 3) Buddy Guy, 4) John Lee Hooker.
White left-handed Fender Stratocaster. Tan acoustic guitar. Raspberry Guild electric guitar. Sunburst hollow body electric guitar.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Meanwhile, at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame … #davidlindley #mrdave #elrayox
A sign reading: I told the Rock Hall to induct David Lindley.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have reached the promised land — Warren Zevon’s exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Me in front of the Warren Zevon exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Warren Zevon’s red satin tour jacket and his blue electric guitar. Warren Zevon’s last pair of glasses.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Globe amaranths, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #flowers #red #pnw
Red, papery globes with tiny yellow blooms.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today was Roberto Clemente Day in Major League Baseball, so I was thrilled when Kevin Craig offered to let me wear his Clemente City Connect jersey to tonight’s Cleveland Guardians-Chicago White Sox game. That thing is drop-dead gorgeous.
Orange baseball jersey with Clemente 21 in black letters. Orange baseball jersey with PGH in black letters.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s been years since my last MLB ballgame, and I saw back-to-back jacks by the Cleveland Guardians in the bottom of the first inning. Am I good luck or what?
Guardians pitcher delivers to a Chicago White Sox batter at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Something beautiful for this day: Bee approaching a sunflower, Yakima, Washington (September 2026). #bees #sunflowers
Gold and black bee flying toward the brown center of a copper sunflower.
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