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 (85/0)
Love Spells Actually
Note: I prefer the spelling magick to refer to the occult and spiritual practice. Love magick is the easiest, most intuitive magick you can do. Find a feather, and put it in your hair. Lover, fly to me. Pick up a shiny rock to wear at the hollow of your throat. My one true love, look at me.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Longevity
How I Rescued An Abused End Table
Upcycle is more than the art of making do. Upcycle has nothing to do with saving money, although you may very well back into saving some money by accident. Upcycle is the art of taking an absolutely dreadful and disastrous item off the trash heap and turning it into a work of art that makes you smile every time you see it.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Lifehack
‘Ninja Mind Control’ by Ashida Kim
I always go inside a dusty bookstore. Forget about your shiny trade-in place that only wants books less than five years old because they’re not-so-secretly selling them online. The stores that pull me inside boast shelves sagging under the weight of yellowing tomes full of mysterious secrets.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Humans
Three Crystals To Create An Abundance Mindset
Note: I prefer to use the word, "magick" to refer to the spiritual and occult practice. "Magic" is the art of illusion. Crystal magick may have been the first magick. It’s easy, natural, and harms none. Ten thousand years ago, the link between stone and worker was intuitive. A sparkling crystal caught the eye, the worker claimed the stone, and the magick had begun.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Longevity
A Bumper Crop of Baby Mockingbirds
April. I get out of my gray car, and a gray bird with claws out takes a dive for the back of my head. It’s that time of year again in southeast Louisiana. Fledgling Northern Mockingbird time. A time of claws and noisy unmusical squeaks and adorable spotty youngsters who think they can tell their parents what to do and when to do it.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Earth
You Were Probably Saving These Blackberries
Poet's Note: Who remembers now the lost memes of yesteryear? When I noticed this recently fledged Northern Mockingbird laying waste to my blackberry patch, I couldn't help but think of the plum tweets of 2017. William Carlos Williams's poem, “This Is Just to Say,” found itself mashed up to hilarious effect with such cultural items as The Killers classic “Mr. Brightside” and the apocryphal Ernest Hemingway six-word flash fic about baby shoes.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Poets
The Rise and Rise of the Inca Dove
On December 4, 2003, I scribbled a note in my diary about the Eurasian Collared-Dove who got into a kerfuffle with a Common Grackle. Knocked off the feeder, the Collared-Dove flew to a nearby tree, where it landed next to a tiny Inca Dove — the first ever spotted in my yard.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Earth
Quit Using This One Annoying Phrase That Makes Your Colleagues Quietly Resent You
About the fifth time the guy who has been talking without a breath for the entire meeting says, “Well, everybody’s different but,” I finally bounce. What he’s saying is, “Everybody’s different but, right now, I’m only interested in talking to the people who aren’t.” And, holy moly, he's sure using a lot of words to say it.
By Amethyst Qu3 years ago in Humans