Amy Henry
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Amy Henry
@amylh.bsky.social
A writer, a reader, a fighter for true social justice
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Uncertainty. The very word makes us itch. I mean, we love surprise parties, but no one hosts an uncertainty celebration. No one says, oh, what a lovely uncertainty! In reality, though, uncertainty is all we ever have. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/11/01/l...
LIVING with Uncertainty
I love to travel but I’m always happy to return home. Back to my hood and my wonderful neighbors. Back to my town with its progressive vibe and happy inclusive sense of community. This past Oc…
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The human experience has been a long and varied road, far from smooth and sometimes downright horrifying, but also one of great learning and achievement, of astounding creativity and, at many moments, one of goodness and generosity to others. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/12/01/a... #MondayBlogs
All We Hold Dear
Like most people, the holidays hold a very special place in my heart. For me, those holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas. For you, the holidays might be Ramadan or Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or Diwali. A…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Pete Hegseth gave illegal orders to service members.

“Kill them all” is not legal.

Hegseth should be fired and court martialed.
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Uncertainty. The very word makes us itch. I mean, we love surprise parties, but no one hosts an uncertainty celebration. No one says, oh, what a lovely uncertainty! In reality, though, uncertainty is all we ever have. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/11/01/l... #MondayBlogs
LIVING with Uncertainty
I love to travel but I’m always happy to return home. Back to my hood and my wonderful neighbors. Back to my town with its progressive vibe and happy inclusive sense of community. This past Oc…
amyhenrybooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Uncertainty. The very word makes us itch. I mean, we love surprise parties, but no one hosts an uncertainty celebration. No one says, oh, what a lovely uncertainty! In reality, though, uncertainty is all we ever have. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/11/01/l... #MondayBlogs
LIVING with Uncertainty
I love to travel but I’m always happy to return home. Back to my hood and my wonderful neighbors. Back to my town with its progressive vibe and happy inclusive sense of community. This past Oc…
amyhenrybooks.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Uncertainty. The very word makes us itch. I mean, we love surprise parties, but no one hosts an uncertainty celebration. No one says, oh, what a lovely uncertainty! In reality, though, uncertainty is all we ever have. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/11/01/l... #MondayBlogs
LIVING with Uncertainty
I love to travel but I’m always happy to return home. Back to my hood and my wonderful neighbors. Back to my town with its progressive vibe and happy inclusive sense of community. This past Oc…
amyhenrybooks.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reposted by Amy Henry
September 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Uncertainty. The very word makes us itch. I mean, we love surprise parties, but no one hosts an uncertainty celebration. No one says, oh, what a lovely uncertainty! In reality, though, uncertainty is all we ever have. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/11/01/l... #MondayBlogs
LIVING with Uncertainty
I love to travel but I’m always happy to return home. Back to my hood and my wonderful neighbors. Back to my town with its progressive vibe and happy inclusive sense of community. This past Oc…
amyhenrybooks.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Uncertainty. The very word makes us itch. I mean, we love surprise parties, but no one hosts an uncertainty celebration. No one says, oh, what a lovely uncertainty! In reality, though, uncertainty is all we ever have. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/11/01/l...
LIVING with Uncertainty
I love to travel but I’m always happy to return home. Back to my hood and my wonderful neighbors. Back to my town with its progressive vibe and happy inclusive sense of community. This past Oc…
amyhenrybooks.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
How much in life do we miss because we engage in discussions to talk but not to listen? Or simply close our eyes to what is inconvenient to see or disturbing to consider? amyhenrybooks.com/2025/10/01/a... #MondayBlogs
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Close
(NOTE: As I’m due for another “sanity break,” I’m leaving you with a post I wrote in September 2022, when I thought I knew what disaster looked like. Apropos of the ideas expressed in this month’s …
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October 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
How much in life do we miss because we engage in discussions to talk but not to listen? Or simply close our eyes to what is inconvenient to see or disturbing to consider? amyhenrybooks.com/2025/10/01/a... #MondayBlogs
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Close
(NOTE: As I’m due for another “sanity break,” I’m leaving you with a post I wrote in September 2022, when I thought I knew what disaster looked like. Apropos of the ideas expressed in this month’s …
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October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Amy Henry
Marketing kinda always has to be happening, but writing is SO important! Hard to keep the priorities straight
#amwriting #ammarketing #mondayblogs #writetip
October 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Cognitive Complexity vs Simplicity & the Value of Mental Flexibility | @JHermanKleiger (on X) via Substack vist.ly/49h88

"Many of us react to the confusing array of conflicting information in one of two ways: by seeking to simplify the world... or by opening our minds."

#MondayBlogs
October 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
How much in life do we miss because we engage in discussions to talk but not to listen? Or simply close our eyes to what is inconvenient to see or disturbing to consider? amyhenrybooks.com/2025/10/01/a... #MondayBlogs
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Close
(NOTE: As I’m due for another “sanity break,” I’m leaving you with a post I wrote in September 2022, when I thought I knew what disaster looked like. Apropos of the ideas expressed in this month’s …
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October 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🐶 Latest Animal Research News:
—Ridglan vet still in charge despite license suspension
—NIH’s push to reduce animal research
—New doc exposes monkey farm story
—MAHA and animal welfare
—And more…
Get informed, help animals:
riseforanimals.org/news/news-oct-10-2025 via @riseforanimals.bsky.social
Animal Research News Roundup: October 10, 2025
This week in animal research news: Ridglan lead vet still in charge despite license suspension; the NIH’s push to reduce animal research; new documentary exposes true story behind Bainbridge, GA monke...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
How much in life do we miss because we engage in discussions to talk but not to listen? Or simply close our eyes to what is inconvenient to see or disturbing to consider? amyhenrybooks.com/2025/10/01/a... #MondayBlogs
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Close
(NOTE: As I’m due for another “sanity break,” I’m leaving you with a post I wrote in September 2022, when I thought I knew what disaster looked like. Apropos of the ideas expressed in this month’s …
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October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
How much in life do we miss because we engage in discussions to talk but not to listen? Or simply close our eyes to what is inconvenient to see or disturbing to consider? amyhenrybooks.com/2025/10/01/a...
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Close
(NOTE: As I’m due for another “sanity break,” I’m leaving you with a post I wrote in September 2022, when I thought I knew what disaster looked like. Apropos of the ideas expressed in this month’s …
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October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A new day breaks. Sunshine. Blue sky. You rise, your head full of plans. It’s a day to savor and act! … By nightfall, you’re beating yourself up with all you’d hoped to accomplish, but didn’t finish, or maybe didn’t even get to start. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/09/01/y... #MondayBlogs
You Have Accomplished More Than You Know
A new day breaks. You rise, your head full of plans—the project(s) you’ll (hopefully) start, or (finally) finish: the new fitness routine that will (hopefully) get you into trim shape; that attic s…
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September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A new day breaks. Sunshine. Blue sky. You rise, your head full of plans. It’s a day to savor and act! … By nightfall, you’re beating yourself up with all you’d hoped to accomplish, but didn’t finish, or maybe didn’t even get to start. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/09/01/y... #MondayBlogs
You Have Accomplished More Than You Know
A new day breaks. You rise, your head full of plans—the project(s) you’ll (hopefully) start, or (finally) finish: the new fitness routine that will (hopefully) get you into trim shape; that attic s…
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September 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Trump’s judicial nominees would be nothing more than rubber stamps for his extreme agenda – rolling back reproductive rights, attacking LGBTQ+ equality, undermining democracy, and more.

Tell the Senate: reject them all peoplefor.org/NoTrumpJudges
Don’t Let Trump Hijack the Courts
Donald Trump is trying to stack the courts with MAGA enforcers who will help him defy the law and consolidate power. If the Senate confirms his nominees, it will destroy the independence of the judici...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A new day breaks. Sunshine. Blue sky. You rise, your head full of plans. It’s a day to savor and act! … By nightfall, you’re beating yourself up with all you’d hoped to accomplish, but didn’t finish, or maybe didn’t even get to start. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/09/01/y... #MondayBlogs
You Have Accomplished More Than You Know
A new day breaks. You rise, your head full of plans—the project(s) you’ll (hopefully) start, or (finally) finish: the new fitness routine that will (hopefully) get you into trim shape; that attic s…
amyhenrybooks.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A new day breaks. Sunshine. Blue sky. You rise, your head full of plans. It’s a day to savor and act! … By nightfall, you’re beating yourself up with all you’d hoped to accomplish, but didn’t finish, or maybe didn’t even get to start. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/09/01/y... #MondayBlogs
You Have Accomplished More Than You Know
A new day breaks. You rise, your head full of plans—the project(s) you’ll (hopefully) start, or (finally) finish: the new fitness routine that will (hopefully) get you into trim shape; that attic s…
amyhenrybooks.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Microsoft seems to have removed me from Facebook. This truly SUCKS as I keep up with many faraway friends there. Anyone else having this problem? Anyone know what to do?
August 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Our phones have become a shield, a way of avoiding each other. For our own sake and theirs, we must be with those we purport to love—our children, our partner, our friends. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/08/01/b... #MondayBlogs
Be Where You Are
Our memories are made up of the sights, the sounds, the smells, the emotional feel of a moment in time. And, of course, the presence—or absence—of people around us. A sunny day at a beach with a gr…
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August 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Our phones have become a shield, a way of avoiding each other. For our own sake and theirs, we must be with those we purport to love—our children, our partner, our friends. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/08/01/b... #MondayBlogs
Be Where You Are
Our memories are made up of the sights, the sounds, the smells, the emotional feel of a moment in time. And, of course, the presence—or absence—of people around us. A sunny day at a beach with a gr…
amyhenrybooks.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM