Joyce Wycoff shares WildBeauty: a collage of wonders
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People around the world are learning more about not only how to heal our environment, but also to make it blossom. Their stories are inspiring and hopeful. See them weekly on Substack Wildbeauty; and a quarterly gathering of their beauty.
Gus, the t-rex discovered on private land in SD, is going up for sale at Sotheby's for an estimated $19 - 30 million which will go to the land owner and a professional fossil excavator. What do you think about this sale?
Is "wonder parkway" the real name or your designation? Texas, I presume. I wander around the surroundings of UCSB ... this was a group of kids celebrating the end of the school year and graduation. I'm not sure I was ever that young.
I live near a college campus. The kids are gone now, abandoning a lot of their stuff on the curbs. The light on this mattress caught my eye.
Puffling Patrol as a family adventure is more than a story about pufflings. It's a tiny story reminding us of the power of Wildbeauty and caring for life everywhere. “This is who we are … every puffling counts.” belugasanctuary.sealifetrust.org/en/puffin-re...
Investigating AI fakes often turns up an interesting story. The hero of this story is: belugasanctuary.sealifetrust.org/en/
Brilliantly diabolical predator ... or world's best mother? Watch this emerald jewel wasp and decide www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rR4...
Flowers and beauty for all of our “other mothers” … those generous souls who befriended and comforted us along the way.
On this day when our president has announced his intention to commit genocide, remembering the wild beauty of our earth is in order. The sandhof lily profusion only happens with the right balance of rain and season. Kudos to Kyle Goetzch for the photo and video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYBv...
Awwww ... "Between Congress, the courts, and The Hague, Donald Trump will spend the rest of his life in legal hell.
I'm beginning to wonder if having a mega-military is actually keeping us safe. Since Korea, we have lost well over 100,000 service members. And, who knows how many civilian casualties we created. Right now, per the last numbers, we just killed 153 young girls. Our tax dollars are funding this.
For Perplexity.AI users: it is offering a "Swami Session" (my term, not its.) I was rather amazed ... and delighted ... by the recommendations it suggested for next year. Here's the prompt I used: Based on my interests and questions, what should I focus on in 2026?
Today, people around the world said "no!" to authoritarians. No Kings!
Saturday is National Book Lovers Day and I'm looking for tiny stories about a book that changed your life for possible use in my Substack post. Would love to hear your story ... and, if you would prefer not to have it used in a post, just let me know. Here's mine and I'll tell the story Saturday.
We are in the process of losing our soul as well as our country.
As the political scene grows uglier, beauty is an ointment. If it works for you … pick a photo, write a haiku, share it, breathe.
Perhaps tis not time For haiku’s gentle spirit With guns in the street And yet spirit yearns for the quiet, simple peace … finding fitting words Would love to see yours …
Logic and reason don’t seem to be working … perhaps we need a tide of peace haiku. Would love to see yours.
This is a dangerous invasion and needs to end.
May peace come to us in this new week.
Have yourself a merry little haiku day … and feel free to share yours in the comments.