Amethyst Qu
Bio
Seeker, traveler, birder, crystal collector, photographer. I sometimes visit the mysterious side of life. Author of "The Moldavite Message" and "Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation."
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Stories (67/0)
Brown Pelicans and Brinksmanship
“Live each day like it’s your last, ’cause one day you’re gonna be right.” — Ray Charles April 17, 2010, was an extremely breezy day to visit Queen Bess Island, a bird breeding spot offshore Grand Isle, Louisiana, but there was a boat already chartered and so we went. The boat was bouncy, and my photographs blurry, but you get the idea.
By Amethyst Qu11 months ago in Earth
Did A Yellow-Crowned Amazon Save a Lost Language?
A while back, I was listening to an audiobook biography of the life of explorer and prolific writer/naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, and I came across a mention of his talking pet parrot of 30 years. As a parrot owner myself, I was left wanting to know more.
By Amethyst Qu11 months ago in Petlife
What Did We Lose When We Abandoned the Science of Weather Control?
Did you know the United States once had a President’s Advisory Committee on Weather Control? Of course, you didn’t. It was in the long ago-- so long ago it was formed under the administration of a president who got famous by first being a general in a pretty big war that our side actually won.
By Amethyst Qu11 months ago in Earth
You Can Earn a Full-Time Living Writing Fiction
For several years now, I’ve been earning the majority of my income by writing fiction under a variety of pen names you’ve never heard of. And it isn’t anything special about me. Thousands of authors you’ve never heard of are quietly making a full-time living creating fiction.
By Amethyst Qu12 months ago in Journal
Return of the Spix's Macaw
The species was already extinct by the time most people heard of it. In 2011, the movie Rio told the tale of a Spix's Macaw who traveled thousands of miles from Minnesota to Rio to find the last mate of his species. I have never had the heart to see this movie.
By Amethyst Quabout a year ago in Earth
Fooled by a Wildflower Scam, Left With So Many Questions
Living where I do in southeast Louisiana, I’m well aware of plant rustlers who do things like dig up and sell all the native carnivorous plants on Instagram. These people have pushed our local pitcher plants to near extinction. Don’t buy this stuff. I never see a pitcher plant in the wild anymore. They’ve all been stolen to sell on Facebook Marketplace or maybe to the garden center of the local big box store.
By Amethyst Quabout a year ago in Earth
