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Amy Speace

@amyspeace.bsky.social
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Nashvillian. Singer. Songwriter. Poet. Teacher. Mother of a 6 year old. Mediocre cook. There are too many books on my bedside table. And I love moody British crime dramas.

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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Hey Atlanta area!!!! Please make a point to come out to see me on Thursday 5/8 @ Eddie Owen Presents at The Red Clay Theater. eddieowenpresents.freshtix.com/events/amysp...
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New Menopausal Mommy blog up www.menopausalmommy.blog. I'm working on the sequel to the first book in which I chastise myself for writing about a great love story and then, post-writing, get divorced. It's about the menopausal single mommy trying to date and deciding fuck it, I like Netflix better.
menopausalmommy.blog
Menopausal Mommy
Becoming a Mother at the Far End of Fertility
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
In my happy place recording. Single to be announced soon. Hint: Woody.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I played The Ryman in Nashville last night as part of a celebration of Judy Collins' 85th birthday. She discovered me 20 years ago and changed my life. It was a dream to play that stage and an honor to do it with Judy.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
My receptionist at my Drs office. Happy Corporate Holiday to Make Singles Feel Bad. Celebrate yourself today in a red tutu!
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Are we all collectively throwing up our hands? It's all clearly unconstitutional. I'm tired of my congressional reps coming on socials repeating what we already know. I keep responding "do something about it" because ranting into the hurricane is just making us hoarse.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Went to The Nashville Symphony last night and had my mind blown. Read about it. open.substack.com/pub/amyspeac...
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Beethoven's 9th
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
My son Huck just realized what word his name rhymes with. I told him it's an adult word and that Mommy and Daddy don't say it. With my fingers crossed behind my fucking back.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Huck 2028
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If you need me I'm the one at The airport With my guitar on My back, new Lipstick on my Mouth, dancing To Chappell Roan, My child's face In everyone I see
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I used to be a grumpy morning person. Some called me aloof but I was just in fear. I've gotten in the habit of talking to people in line at Southwest and asking them about themselves. 99% of the time they tell me a cool story. There's a song in there.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Headed to Texas this weekend. Doing my folk solo thing. Gonna bring the new record, play some new songs, wear red boots from Allen's and eat some migas.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
This is what's up next for me and I'm so honored to be playing this show with the woman who gave me a career. Judy Collins changed my life.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I asked Huck if he knew who MLK was. He said "He taught everyone to be kind to each other and then he was shot." And then he said "a long time ago black people couldnt drink from the water fountains. Now we are all equal." I hugged him and thought well...
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
New post. What's on my mothering mind. Www.menopausalmommy.blog
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
In the snowstorm today I wrote a poem and a song, learned a Dylan song and made a bean and kale soup. Then I stepped in my dog's shit. Story of my life.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New songs coming out of my new girl. A Martin custom 00014F. All mahogany. Bout yesterday. Wrote a song by 9pm.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Christmas Covid quarantine novel. Soooo good.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Nice to see this today. Thanks Mike Davies and Americana-UK
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
If you live near Nashville please come to this very rare solo show on Jan 3 at 7pm @theboweryvault It's being filmed for an upcoming documentary feature an episode about me and being an older mom. You can find tix link at amyspeace.com/tour.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I've been teaching this workshop since March 16. First one of 2025 starts soon. Limited to 10 spots. Only two left. Email me if you want to join a supportive group of fellow songwriters. Guaranteed to inspire and make your work stronger. Amy@amyspeace.com.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Not for nothing, I wrote a pantoum today. My work is done.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Massachusetts! I'm heading your way this weekend. All info and ticket links are at www.amyspeace.com/tour. If you're in Boston please come to The City Winery Haymarket Stage on Sunday. I've never played that venue in Boston.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This thread is the best kind of internet. Go ahead - look through, and tell them your favorite food and they’ll answer you with video about how they grew it
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving from my family at the 5K Turkey Trot in Frederick, MD
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Thanks to Mike Winslow for the kind review of "The American Dream" folking.com/amy-speace-t...
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AMY SPEACE – The American Dream (Goldrush Records)
Amy Speace has recently finished a UK tour, has released a new album, The American Dream, and has sent a copy of the album to Folking Towers for review. I listened to one track and said, “That soun…
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thanks so much to Jane Ridley for finding me because of my blog and being interested in my story. www.businessinsider.com/woman-had-ba...
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I had a baby a month before turning 50. I'll be nearly 70 when he graduates high school, but we live in the moment.
Amy Speace underwent IVF and used donor eggs and said the pregnancy was "super easy." She will be 70 by the time her child goes to college.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
New Menopausal Mommy blog up tonight. Www.Menopausalmommy.blog
menopausalmommy.blog
Menopausal Mommy
Becoming a Mother at the Far End of Fertility
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
My six year old soon used the word "phytoplankton" in a sentence today and I am ded.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Why Bluesky over Threads? Seems like way more engagement over there
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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Also a good day to remember that bathroom access has always operated to keep women out of male-dominated spaces. Check out the (accurate) dates below on Congressional bathrooms.
Wikipedia entry
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Playing The Bluebird Cafe tonight at 9. Only problem is that it's 4:30 and dark and I want to put on my pajamas not my eyeliner.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
On a poetry roll. Seven in seven days. Someone give me a prompt for tomorrow's poem.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I've been home from my UK tour a week now but tonight I made Irish stew and binge watched "Line of Duty" on Britbox. Missing it over there away from Trumplandia.
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I finished my poetry thesis in June. Then stopped writing. Last week I challenged myself to write one possibly shitty poem a day. I've got 7 so far. I don't think they're shitty. A break was what I needed. I'm back!
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I had my baby at 50 and started a blog about it when I was pregnant. He's 6 and I write about being an older mom and an artist. I didn't know if anyone read it. This week a documentary director contacted me to do an episode on me and my life for a series he is directing for HBO/Max.
menopausalmommy.blog
Menopausal Mommy
Becoming a Mother at the Far End of Fertility
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I'm challenging myself to write a poem a day to get my writer self back into shape. Tomorrow I'll write about stocking up on toothpaste. I'm thinking "fluoride in the water/crazy motherfucker".
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
How do I follow people?
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Amy Speace @amyspeace.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Peer pressure made me come. I was happy as a lark on Threads, but I figure why not. What's this about? (first post)
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