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I'm a lensmaster, webdesigner an oldest child, an eternal student, a former teacher and single.

Most of you know me here on Squidoo as lensmaster 'spirituality' - but I've also got a life outside my interests in spirituality (though perhaps that's not often noticeable). Anyhow on this lens I showcase my non-spiritual lenses and tell you all a bit more about myself.

Thank you! 

These are lensmasters I want to thank for their continued support.

 

Squidoo lens review is a blog by lensmaster Growwear (aka Mimi) who has featured my lenses repeatedly. So I wanted to thank her by featuring that lens here.

My Thank you Lensmaster blog also has a lens.
featured lens Thank you lensmaster

I started the thank you lensmaster - squidoo reviews blog to honor all those lensmasters that have helped me. This lens is dedicated to that blog and to all those lensmasters who have helped me, yet who haven't been interviewed (yet). BTW: som...

featured lens Spiritual friends - thanks for supporting my spiritual blog

Sharing with you all a collection of blogs - in various languages - that have supported my blog by featuring it in their blogroll or simply linking to it. I'm very grateful to each one of them for showing their appreciation. It's an interes...

featured lens Squidoo Lens Reviews

Since July 2008, I have been blogging about and promoting creative, interesting and otherwise outstanding Squidoo lenses. This lens is all about the Squidoo Lens Reviews blog. The main goal is to show the world that Squidoo means quality. By promotin...

My Groups 

featured lens Spirituality Squidoo Groups

Just a lensography of all my groups on squidoo. And no: they aren't all about religion and spirituality. There's humor and insomnia as well. And just a bit more about my native land: the Netherlands (aka Holland). Lenses in my groups have a greater...

Lens of the Day (LOTD) ! My lens about my country The Netherlands made it :) 

It's the highest honor on squidoo I think - and my lens about The Netherlands (also known as Holland) was named Lens of the Day on January 3rd 2009. I feel blessed.
featured lens Little known facts about The Netherlands

Learn about working women in The Netherlands, our royalty, or relationship with water, some history and a lot more. Like: isn't your country called 'Holland'? Well sort of, I'll explain below... Isn't half the country below sea l...

Some lensographies I'd like you to know about 

featured lens Katinka's Squidoo Answer Deck

Learn how to get your lens found in google, how to make your lenses look good, how lensrank is calculated and more. I felt it was time to put all my lenses helping lensmasters be more effective together in a lensography. I've put this off for a long...

featured lens Newest Lenses by Spirituality aka Katinka Hesselink

Sharing my latest squidoo lenses, all roughly less than a month old. Never less than 10. So if I have a slow month, I plan on showing the latest ten lenses I made. But if I had a busy month, there will be more than ten.

featured lens Spiritual Presents and Christmas Gift Ideas

My collection of gift lenses: web pages with spiritual products. Browse at your leisure. In time I will also list the most popular products here. You will find spiritual books, cards, quotes, jewelry, posters and calendars.

featured lens Art, photography and puzzles...

My parents have three kids and I'm the least artistic. That's not saying much, because both my brothers aim to be professional artists. Between the two of them they do poetry, performances, short story writing, music and yes, visual art as well. Me?...

featured lens Spirituality's Lensography of lensographies

What can I say to introduce myself. I'm an online addict who has two spiritual blogs, one spiritual website and so on. I'm interested in Religion, Spirituality, Webdesign, Search Engines (aka Google), Science fiction, Fantasy literature, the environm...

Giant squid Top 100 Member 

In July 2008 I became a giant squid. Half a year later, January 2009, I also got the honor of calling myself a member of the giant squid top 100 club.

The Giant Squids are the elite amongst the lensmasters at squidoo. All of us have made at least 50 quality lenses. Giant squid top 100 members have made over a hundred quality lenses.

In the same month that I became a giant squid top 100 member, I also made lens of the day. There aren't many squidoo honors left :)

As bonus: in months before the announcement I took the challenge on squidu to share our experiences in a thread dedicated to the path of becoming a giant. As a result I got interviewed on the Giant Squid Community Showcase blog.

Purple stars 

More squidoo honours

featured lens Red Cheeks, how to get rid of them!

My cheeks are red, and have been as long as I can remember. Worse yet: they've grown more red as I grew older. I've finally found a product that works though: Eucerin Redness Relief. So, my cheeks aren't as red as they used to be. It took 2 months....

featured lens If you want to become popular on squidoo...

In some ways squidoo is like a popularity contest. I've done pretty well here with as I write more than 760 fans. So I feel qualified to write this lens about the subject.

featured lens Korte Vlietpad - my favorite walk in Leiden

Giant squids were asked, as our final assignment of our summer school 2009, to make a lens about our favorite haunt this summer. Well, I've been living in my 'new' apartment for a year now, but it's only in the last few months that I've discovered t...

featured lens Success at Blogging tips

This lens is a collection of tips I've found myself giving people who blog in an attempt to do squidoo promotion.

Squidoo honors: citizen squid 

I was a squidangel for much of 2009. In november 2009 I was assigned the job of 'SEO/Marketing mentor'. This includes the capacity to bless lenses, so I'm again a squidangel and now also a citizen squid.
featured lens SEO/Marketing Mentor

This is the official squidoo SEO mentor help lens. You can come here with your questions about attracting traffic to your lens, though I hope this lens will help solve many of them out of the box. SEO = Search Engine Optimization In practice SEO can...

featured lens Citizen Squid Squidoo Angel - Spirituality

I was a squidangel from April till Oktober 2009. Now (starting Nov. 17th 2009) I'm a Citizen Squid: I'm the SEO mentor. This means that I regained my blessing powers. Which is great: I love finding and rewarding hidden treasures. This lens i...

Interviews I've given about squidoo  

Mimi, aka Growwear, interviewed me on her (then) new squidoo review blog
She asked things like my passion for squidoo, my most popular lens, and a tip for newbies.

The Giant Squid Community Showcase interviewed me when I'd just become a member of the Giant Squid top 100 club.
They asked me about my lensmaking process, my favorite lenses and a story behind a recent lens.

Where, When, How 

I was born in 1974 in Utrecht, The Netherlands (that's Europe). I was born a month early, so I spent my first weeks in an incubator. We soon moved, after my first brother was born, to Groningen, another town in The Netherlands. My dad got a job there as an assistant professor in mathematics at university.

This is me looking thoughtful, probably on the beach somewhere. Picture taken by my grandmother, probably:

op strand

When I was 7 I got a new baby brother (my second brother). You can see I adored him:

met sieger - 1981 of zo

At about the same age you can see me working in the garden of our Groningen house. Yes, I'm actually wearing wooden shoes. [Can't believe it. I hated those things and would have expected to refuse wearing them]

Katinka in de tuin 6 of zo

And this is me bathing, again looking thoughtful.

in bad

We moved for a year to Austin, Texas in the United States when I was 12 - which is where I learned the basis of my English. I went to Middle School there.

An introduction into consciousness 

Fascinating read. Goes into the meaning of awareness, artificial intelligence, animal consciousness, drugs etc.
featured lens Consciousness: an Introduction, by Susan Blackmore

Fascinating. I bought this book because I first heard of this author as a former parapsychologist. It's always good to read books by those whom you disagree with - but know what they are talking about. Reading it, I find she really does know what she...

Good causes: Amnesty International and the Environment 

I feel it's important to reach out and contribute to a better world. Unfortunately I don't have all that much money to spare. The one good cause I have supported since my first years in college (more than 10 years ago) is Amnesty International.

Another lens on the environment (yes, global warming is real): I gathered my favorite environmental lenses here.

The lenses in this category will donate their proceeds to the good causes they are about - if the cause is listed for charity within Squidoo.

 

featured lens Go Green, Nature and Ecological lenses

One of my passions is nature: it's essential to my mental health to have something green to look out at when I'm working. As I feel humanity is very busy stretching the limits of what can be safely done to our planet, I've made a few pages online tha...

featured lens Amnesty International: campaigning for human rights

Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. This lens gives information on human rights and recent Amnesty campaigns.

featured lens The Environment Lensography

A lensography of the best lenses about pollution, global warming, safe energy and endangered species. The money earned on this lens will go to the charity Ecotrust'.

featured lens Severn Suzuki - a famous environmental video: where is she now?

She's full of fire about the environment. She spoke to the UN at the age of 12. She's a scientist. I want to introduce you to Severn Suzuki. This lens isn't just about that speech - though I have gathered the info to show what lead up to...

Donate to Earth Justice 

Environmental law defender Earthjustice, the top American ecological law firm, because the earth needs a good lawyer. Formerly Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund.

We at Squidoo passionately believe in creating new ways to support good causes online. By making a donation to Earthjustice from this page, you are sending money directly to that organization, in whatever amount you want. We don't touch it. We don't even see it. The author of this page doesn't either. And if you made it this far, thanks for caring.

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Donate to Ecotrust 

Ecotrust is a conservation organization committed to strengthening communities and the environment from Alaska to California. We work with Native peoples and in the fisheries, forestry, and food sectors to build a regional economy based on social and ecol

We at Squidoo passionately believe in creating new ways to support good causes online. By making a donation to Ecotrust from this page, you are sending money directly to that organization, in whatever amount you want. We don't touch it. We don't even see it. The author of this page doesn't either. And if you made it this far, thanks for caring.

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Harry Potter - a fan like everybody else 

featured lens Half Blood Prince stand up dolls

Stand up dolls are a great way to decorate your kids room, especially if they like Harry Potter: the book, the movie, everything about him. I've found stand up dolls for Severus Snape, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly. Buy at AllPosters...

featured lens Daniel Radcliffe is NOT a good actor

Daniel Radcliffe is NOT a good actor I loved the latest Harry Potter Movie (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince), but I thought Harry Potter wasn't played very well at all. I know the character is hard to play - all those layers and complexities,...

featured lens Harry Potter Calendars and Planners 2010

In 2009 the 6th Harry Potter movie came out, so it makes sense that the 2010 Harry Potter calendars are all devoted to 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'. "Harry Potter" is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British...

featured lens Harry Potter Candy Store

The genius of J.K. Rowling hasn't just created a great fantasy series, or a spin off movie set, but also... an intriguing new collection of sweets. Some she invented, some she gave a new (magical) spin on, others are simply for ever after associ...

featured lens Harry Potter Gift Ideas for kids

If your kids love Harry Potter as much as I do (and you perhaps) they will love these gifts in their christmas stocking. I've found posters, date books, cloths etc. Most of the stuff on this page is dedicated to the latest Harry Potter movie: Harry...

My squidoo blogs 

Squidoo tips & Religion and Spirituality lenses
I thought I'd mostly be linking out to my own lenses here - you know, another platform for self promotion. Instead most of what I've written has been about how YOU too can get your lenses found on google (aka SEO).
Thank you lensmaster - squidoo reviews
Thanking our most helpful lensmasters for their contribution to the community. Yes, I am slightly partial to lensmasters who have stepped up to help me personally.

My squidtop blog: mostly Search Engine Tips  

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My Thank You Lensmaster blog: recent messages 

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Birthday gifts :) 

I got my camera last week and love shooting pictures with it. Once I put it in 'easy mode' it really has been very easy to use. Only a few buttons left to get to know.

Small, easy, fun. And the quality of the pictures I'm taking is great.

This year I got this pen, a few other things as well, but don't you love it too?
featured lens Creative Evolution by Amit Goswami PhD

Inspiring integration of the latest in physics with a spiritual perspective. Convincing in the point that since consciousness is part of the universe now (in us), consciousness must have played a part in creating it and guiding evolution at crucial p...

featured lens The View From Within: First Person Approaches To The Study Of Consciousness

Miscellany of articles on the edge of the science of consciousness. Challenging and fascinating. On the roll of the body in consciousness and healing, about the metaphysics of introspection and more. On the attempt to integrate the experience of con...

featured lens My favorite thing: a smiley flower pen!

I was challenged to make a page about my favorite thing - what would I most miss if it got lost in a fire? Well, I'd miss the usual: pictures of my family, my files on my PC, but I wanted to make this a fun lens. Then I thought of a birthday present...

featured lens Ideal small camera, the Casio Exilim Camera Review and Tips

I love this camera. I got it for my birthday. It's not sold in Europe, but my American Uncle sent it over. It is so easy to use - as long as you have the settings just right. So this lens is to show you just how it's done. All the pictures on this l...

Former teacher 

I have great admiration for anybody who succeeds at teaching teenagers, because I know just how hard it is. Whether you're a poor teacher or a good one - in my book you are still brave and amazing for the ability to survive in there.

I do still tutor teens in math, chemistry and physics.
featured lens Teen planners and other organizing tips

This page is for teenagers and their parents who want to get serious about school and get organized. Unfortunately, at around twelve/thirteen, boys seem to love to just hang and be wild. Girls are more likely to at least try very hard - and the prod...

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Music 

I'm not really all that into music, though writing that down sounds like sacrilege these days. I did however make three lenses in this niche.
featured lens Funny Indian Videos Showcase

There is a whole genre of funny movies that most of us will never have seen: Indian music video's turned into humor. Some of these were made by and for Indians. Others are simply an attempt at reading English into Hindi. I'm not quite sure all of th...

featured lens Student Flute - get a flute for a beginner player

I played the flute when I was a kid. It was a real challenge. It forced me to be conscious about my breathing, something that was always a weakness of mine. However, I did learn to control my breathing and read music and move the keys. I learned for...

featured lens Indian Music Videos - bollywood fun

The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and classical music. On this lens you will find modern video's with India's classical music tradition, including Carnatic and Hindustani music, has a history spanning millennia and...

Find me online & me as a nerd / geek / whatever 

How to squidoo & where to find me online.
featured lens Katinka Hesselink Online

Going crazy trying to keep up with myself online. So this is where you can find me online and where I keep track of my many online profiles. There is a good chance you will find me elsewhere online as well. I'm not very good at keeping this list up t...

featured lens Nerdy lenses - digital info, tips and fun

Meet the nerd in me... I've made some lenses in which I share some of the things I've learned while designing websites and earning a living. These are them: some SEO tips, CSS tricks, Myspace tips and more.

Web Design Books 

These are books on topics I care about in my profession as webdesigner: SEO, accessibility, pure coding practices and people first.
Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance
Web Accessibility: Web St...
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
Don't Make Me Think: A Co...
HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition
HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Six...
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Head First HTML with CSS...
SEO: Search Engine Optimization Bible
SEO: Search Engine Optimi...

My squidcasts 

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Eternal Student 

I've been in college on and off since high school.

I began as a Chemistry major - but quit because I wasn't getting the grades.

I went on to nursing school, where I failed on the practical side of things.

Then I became a teacher of math and chemistry. This is the first college after High School I actually finished - so I have two bachelors degrees from a teachers college. I tried teaching for three years, but found out that I'm not really cut out for that.

Next I went back to university to study the love of my life: religion and spirituality. I'm still there, hoping to get my BA degree in the summer of 2008.

I didn't get that degree: the writing of the final papers did not go well at all. Taking stock of my financial situation (and what was I doing this for) I quit. That was a huge relief. Turns out I hadn't been enjoying college for a while.

On my country - The Netherlands & being Dutch 

featured lens Bikes in The Netherlands, about Dutch Bikes

There is no country in the world where biking is so normal as it is in The Netherlands - except China. This is a tribute to Dutch Bikes. Yes, we really do a lot of bicycling - and we've got the bikes to show for it. [A reader told me the people of D...

featured lens Korte Vlietpad - my favorite walk in Leiden

Giant squids were asked, as our final assignment of our summer school 2009, to make a lens about our favorite haunt this summer. Well, I've been living in my 'new' apartment for a year now, but it's only in the last few months that I've discovered t...

featured lens English as a second language: a personal account

Squidoo is quite good for my English. All those lovely homey topics. My English is excellent (if I may say so myself) when it comes to complicated issues. I sometimes feel it's easier to talk about spirituality in English than my native Dutch: I've b...

featured lens Leiden, university town in The Netherlands

Culture, shopping, poetry on the walls, European Dutch old town architecture, fairs and more. This lens shows you a bit of the history of Leiden, some pictures of the sights and a view into the local culture. Do take a look at the statistics so you k...

featured lens Little known facts about The Netherlands

Learn about working women in The Netherlands, our royalty, or relationship with water, some history and a lot more. Like: isn't your country called 'Holland'? Well sort of, I'll explain below... Isn't half the country below sea l...

Calendars and Planners 

This is a selection of my lenses featuring calendars and planners. The complete list is at my 'unique calendars and planners' lens.
featured lens Best Student Planners, Calendars, Organizers 2009-2010

As soon as students are expected to organize their own homework, you will need a planner or agenda book to keep track of things. This generally starts in Middle School - and as students get more and more responsibility - really never stops. After all...

featured lens Unique Calendars, agenda books and Creative Planners

Calendars and planners are a necessity of life - well, if you have any intention of keeping organized that is. I've made it my business to find you the best engagement planners and inspiring calendars around. These are unique. My themes include n...

featured lens Planners, Day planners, Weekly & Daily Agenda Books

Looking for a appointment planner - a way to plan your family life perhaps? Looking for a home planner, or a student planner to keep track of your homework? Perhaps you need a weekly planner to organize your work, your social life and your notes? Th...

featured lens 2010 Spiritual Calendars and Planners

Some of the most beautiful spiritual calendars and agenda books gathered in one place. This lens has spiritual calendars and planners with Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and alternative spirituality themes. Each is inspirational in its o...

featured lens Nature Photography Calendars, Date books, Planners and Poster Calendars

I think pictures of nature are very relaxing to the nerves. Especially if they are beautiful. I selected nature calendars from various vendors to make it easier for you to find just the calendar or engagement planner you want. Some of these calendar...

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More of me online 

If that wasn't enough, you can also follow me on Stumbleupon where I blog on and off about anything that interests me. Or you can just find out about my spiritual interests on my spiritual lensography. I'm also on Myspace.

If you don't know that much about webdesign, myspace or search engine optimization, my website is a good place to start.

My brothers 

These lenses are in Dutch. They celebrate the careers of my two brothers who are both artists. Both feature youtube videos made about them.
featured lens Sieger Baljon

My youngest brother is a bit hard to catch on a lens like this. He does an awful lot of stuff. There's poetry, rap, mime and visual art, but somehow it never ads up to a clear 'image'. There is no easy way, even for his sister, to keep up with what h...

featured lens Krijn Peter Hesselink

Dichter, performer, poetry slam veteraan - mijn broertje (niemand anders mag dat zeggen) Krijn Peter doet het allemaal. Hier volgen de video's waar hij op staat. Sinds 2009 noemt hij zichzelf ook nog 'singer songwriter' en treedt hij op m...

My Dutch Lenses 

featured lens Nederlandse Lenzen

Welkom bij mijn Nederlandstalige lenzen op squidoo. Squidoo is een platform waar iedereen gratis en gemakkelijk pagina's kan maken. Die webpagina's worden 'lenzen' genoemd.

A controversial topic in esoteric history 

The Occult Roots Of Nazism reviewed

featured lens The Occult Roots Of Nazism

THE book about one of the most controversial topics in occult history: the relationship between Nazism and occultism.

About Me 

Lensmaster spirituality has been a member since May 21 2007, has rated 7,877 lenses, favorited 174, and has created 287 lenses from scratch. This member's top-ranked page is "Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings". See all my lenses

My Bio

I'm a webmaster and student of religion and spirituality. See my website on religion and spirituality: www.katinkahesselink.net or my spiritual blog: All Considering and my blog about online marketing authentically.
Join my fanclub if you want to be kept updated on NEW lenses I make. I have lenses hosting spiritual and religious debates, Spiritual presents and a few non-spiritual topics, including A few nerdy, squidoy topics.

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