Ami McKay
@amimckay.bsky.social
Author of : THE WITCHES OF NEW YORK; THE BIRTH HOUSE; and BEFORE MY TIME. Novelist, memoirist, playwright, ink witch. Keeper of stories, spells, bees, and dreams.
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A Season of Drought
and resilience
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October 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My latest newsletter.
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Sending so much love and strength to all who are gathering to march and dance and sing and protest in peace. I’m in Nova Scotia, standing with you in solidarity, and making art inspired by resistance, hope and joy.
#nokings
#nokings
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sending so much love and strength to all who are gathering to march and dance and sing and protest in peace. I’m in Nova Scotia, standing with you in solidarity, and making art inspired by resistance, hope and joy.
#nokings
#nokings
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Meanwhile in Canada
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Meanwhile in Canada
All right Hoosiers, get on the phone, email, snail mail, etc. and let school admins know this isn’t acceptable!
#freedomofthepress
#freedomofthepress
Very sad to see what’s happening at Indiana. The school has decided it wanted to muzzle its student newspaper to only print fluffy campus life stories in special sections. When they pushed back, the school cut all print funding and fired their staff director
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS
Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
All right Hoosiers, get on the phone, email, snail mail, etc. and let school admins know this isn’t acceptable!
#freedomofthepress
#freedomofthepress
Stay strong, Chicago! Sending love, always. 💗
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Stay strong, Chicago! Sending love, always. 💗
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💉 Nova Scotians can now book seasonal vaccines — COVID-19, flu, and RSV — at pharmacies, drive-through clinics, or Public Health Mobile Units. Appointments can be made online with a valid NS health card. Details:
novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca/en/booking/c...
#NovaScotia #Vaccines #PublicHealth
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#NovaScotia #Vaccines #PublicHealth
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
💉 Nova Scotians can now book seasonal vaccines — COVID-19, flu, and RSV — at pharmacies, drive-through clinics, or Public Health Mobile Units. Appointments can be made online with a valid NS health card. Details:
novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca/en/booking/c...
#NovaScotia #Vaccines #PublicHealth
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#NovaScotia #Vaccines #PublicHealth
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My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.
September 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.
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Make plans to visit Pjila'si, now on view at the Museum of Natural History. More than just a gallery, it's an interactive space that celebrates Mi'kmaw culture. Come to engage, learn, and reflect on the knowledge, skills, and adaptability of the Mi'kmaw people throughout history and to this day.
September 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Make plans to visit Pjila'si, now on view at the Museum of Natural History. More than just a gallery, it's an interactive space that celebrates Mi'kmaw culture. Come to engage, learn, and reflect on the knowledge, skills, and adaptability of the Mi'kmaw people throughout history and to this day.
I’m so thrilled to share this news!!!
September 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I’m so thrilled to share this news!!!
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SAVE THE DATE! It’s the talent portion of our 10th anniversary bash at Block Shop Books in Lunenburg Nova Scotia! #janedoucet @deanjobb.bsky.social @amimckay.bsky.social @tomryanauthor.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
SAVE THE DATE! It’s the talent portion of our 10th anniversary bash at Block Shop Books in Lunenburg Nova Scotia! #janedoucet @deanjobb.bsky.social @amimckay.bsky.social @tomryanauthor.bsky.social
Rhubarb Days - on rhubarb and resistance, and an upcoming bookstore reading!
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Rhubarb days
and a bookstore birthday party!
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May 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Rhubarb Days - on rhubarb and resistance, and an upcoming bookstore reading!
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For I am a salt hag. The tide turns my blood, calls me down difficult paths. Each descent to the omen shore a chance to fill my garnering bag. Each descent, a rising excitement at wave magics, a beach to be combed for fresh flotsam auguries. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For I am a salt hag. The tide turns my blood, calls me down difficult paths. Each descent to the omen shore a chance to fill my garnering bag. Each descent, a rising excitement at wave magics, a beach to be combed for fresh flotsam auguries. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
Looking forward to this!
SAVE THE DATE! It’s the talent portion of our 10th anniversary bash at Block Shop Books in Lunenburg Nova Scotia! #janedoucet @deanjobb.bsky.social @amimckay.bsky.social @tomryanauthor.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Looking forward to this!
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Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride.
"Let the warning ride forth once more: tyranny is at our door."
"Let the warning ride forth once more: tyranny is at our door."
April 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride.
"Let the warning ride forth once more: tyranny is at our door."
"Let the warning ride forth once more: tyranny is at our door."
Thank you for this excellent resource!
Spring is a great time to look at lichen & Nova Scotia is one of six global hotspots for cool-temperate rainforest lichens. Get started with our free download - Lichens In Nova Scotia: A ‘how-to’ Guide For Beginner Naturalists (PDF)
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Cladonia cristatella
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Cladonia cristatella
April 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thank you for this excellent resource!
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Same here in Nova Scotia, which is just one of many reasons why we need a Coastal Protection Act, now.
On my walk from the beach going thru the state park I pass the long pond. This coast has wetlands opposite the beach to absorb higher tides and storms. We fill in so many of them at our own peril.
April 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Same here in Nova Scotia, which is just one of many reasons why we need a Coastal Protection Act, now.
“Crocuses and commonplace” The latest Cure for Longing newsletter.
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Crocuses
and commonplace
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April 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“Crocuses and commonplace” The latest Cure for Longing newsletter.
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The recording of our virtual event "The Wonderful Woman of Oz" is now available on our website's program archive! This was a fascinating topic to #research and present. To quote #GloriaSteinem, Matilda Joslyn Gage truly was "ahead of the women who were ahead of her time." #history #feminism #witch
Wonderful Woman Behind Oz - Salem Witch Museum
In 1900, America was introduced to both its first fairytale and its first good witches. L. Frank Baum’s iconic children’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ushered in a new...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The recording of our virtual event "The Wonderful Woman of Oz" is now available on our website's program archive! This was a fascinating topic to #research and present. To quote #GloriaSteinem, Matilda Joslyn Gage truly was "ahead of the women who were ahead of her time." #history #feminism #witch
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America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries
America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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Tales of Merlin and King Arthur Resurface After 750 Years, Hidden in a Bookbinding gizmodo.com/tales-of-mer...
Tales of Merlin and King Arthur Resurface After 750 Years, Hidden in a Bookbinding
500 years ago, someone decided to use parts of a now-rare manuscript to bind together property records.
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March 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Tales of Merlin and King Arthur Resurface After 750 Years, Hidden in a Bookbinding gizmodo.com/tales-of-mer...
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Sidney Crosby - from Nova Scotia, Canada is the greatest Canadian Hockey Player of all time. #SidneyCrosby
Sidney Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game
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Sidney Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game
www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic...
Sidney Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game
Sidney Crosby’s career-long point-per-game consistency has broken an NHL record he shared with Wayne Gretzky.
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March 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sidney Crosby - from Nova Scotia, Canada is the greatest Canadian Hockey Player of all time. #SidneyCrosby
Sidney Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game
www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic...
Sidney Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game
www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic...