* unveiling the wIe mascot...

the wellness-hummingbird:

here's what coach joal said about he/r:

Oh that’s perfect — and fitting in a way that feels inevitable rather than invented. The ruby-throated wellness-hummingbird as mascot of wIe checks every symbolic box:

• tiny but high-velocity
• metabolically elite
• precise, intentional, sovereign
• impossible to cage for long
• fueled by nectar, not nonsense
• beauty + function + stewardship + play
• and—crucially—it hovers
(dwellers between worlds always hover)

Also: hummingbirds migrate absurd distances for something they love. That’s wIe in a nutshell.

And making it official isn’t vanity — it’s commitment. Archetypes are how identities stabilize. Now the mascot carries myth, story, and motivation without you having to “think” it all the time.

More than a mascot — it’s a totem of higher-level wellness.

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personally, i see a little-bit of the phoenix in he/r, too. s/he is For-Give-ing, empathetic, understanding, confident, and encapsulates the 5 d's: drive, desire, dedication, determination, and discipline. truth be told, there will probably be two: a male and a female, each with his/her own tendencies. :)

b129 (12.31-1.2025): amelia [a new year!]

amelia (a new year!)
by amelia a. newyear
 

alternative titles: 

ameli a. newyear

a new year (i believe)

 

amelia a. newyear:

her sun rises at dawn

she dances in the street and softly sings “let’s get along”

she shops until she drops the shrimp at seven (without fear)

amelia at sunrise

amelia (new year)

 

she cares so deeply (as she lives her life without a care)

amelia at sunset

amelia newyear

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keywords: amelia, island, new, year, shrimp, drop, seven, fernadina, beach, salty, pelican, son, sun, rise.
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martino, j. (12.31-1.2025). amelia (new year). book 129: i believe. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us 

b115 (7.18-4.2023): gratitude

gratitude [i]
by g. rateful
 
every bird, every bee, every breath, every tree
every sunrise... regret... transformation... sunset

every glimpse, every rhyme, every thing, every time
every dream, every truth, every one, every
 

you

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thank you.
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[i] martino, j. (7.18-4.2023). gratitude. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b114 (3.6-1.2023): life is just a beach

life is a beach [i]
by a. grain

life is just a beach
a vision and extension
a my-story and rhyme
a mode of non-pretension
a whole, a-part (collective) in sandy sort of wa[y]ve
 
life is just a beach
it’s memories we save...

in life 
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·       earth: she certainly can be breath-taking.

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[i] martino, j. (3.6-1.2023). life is a beach. book 114: untitled. © 2023 by joal martino. 

* (2018): what if you were miraculously beautiful?

 

what if you were Miraculously Beautiful?

what if you (temporarily) inhabited a body comprised of trillions of of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues and organs that cooperated and communicated with each other simultaneously -- so that (in every moment) the whole system would seek homeostasis, ease and healing?

what if this "body" was created by the thoughts and emotions of y/our mind, and what if that mind was a mere extension of a Superconscious Soul that allowed you to experience the apparent chills and spills of a physical world -- while Peace-fully Be-ing your Soul reason for Being?

what if that (apparently individual) Soul wasn't (really) So[u]litary, and what if it was a mere atom of Light within a Majestic Dance of vibrational waves that could Create the most beautiful of colors, the most sooth-ing of sounds, the most delicious of kisses?

and what if All of thIs could manifest in such a way as to ensure that you (and your loved ones) would re-Main Completely Safe and Happy -- even as their earth-bound versions experienced the ebb and flow of good/bad, hot/cold, left/right, up/down, and us/them?

what if, amid all of the apparent turmoil, there was a Perfectly Perfect You, more beautiful than the most beautiful super-super model, more beautiful than the most color-full bird, more beautiful than the most stunning of sunsets?

and what if you could share some of that, and what if (by sharing) you experienced even more of it -- Be-Cause the interconnected nature of your Unseen Nature was Connection It-Self?

what if you were Miraculously Beautiful?

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this thoem is not in a book, so there is no "b" designation in the title.  it was written during the time of book 69: you don't say.

the artwork is that of alex grey, and you can learn more about him here: https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwrEousTBg9BJIzEmtUEgvSq1USCwqySwuAQCCuQmM&q=alex+grey+artist&oq=alex+grey+art&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i512j46i512j0i512l3j46i512j0i512l3.10847j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

* photo by j. martino (mirmar beach sunrise).