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The Lensography of NanLT

I am a Squidoo writer, a mom, a witch, a healer.

At the end of June, 2009 I became a Giant Squid! I was absolutely thrilled to be granted this honour. Since I have earned a place in the Giant 100 Club, I have been granted a Purple Star on several lenses, and I have been able to earn a bit of money doing something I love and enjoy.

Here you will find the complete list of everything I have written here about subjects relating to all of these aspects of myself.

So, grab a cuppa. And enjoy your time browsing my lenses.

The Most Difficult Lens I Wrote

about post-natal depression and PTSD after giving birth

Probably the single most important lens I have written thus far is Through hell and back again, my journey through depression . My look at my own problems with post natal depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after birth.

I believe that women need to know that depression after pregnancy and birth isn't unusual. You won't lose your child for seeking help. And yes, help is out there.

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I'm glad I found Squidoo

I have caught the Squidoo bug. Friends have told me that I have a knack for explaining things in simple, easily understood ways and I am utilizing that skill here in my writing. I am also finding a knack at combining colours and colour combinations that I never knew I had that I am using to full effect as I create lenses.

I have a wide variety of interests, but my main focus lately has been on spiritual growth. I am a Pagan witch and have been for a long number of years. I also have been studying and using energy healing techniques for a long time.

After that, I love cooking. You can expect many more recipe and cooking lenses over time.

Finally, I intend to put together some simple lenses covering witchcraft and spellcasting as I practice it. I don't tend to give out spellsthough because I believe that they are much more effective if the person wanting the work (the one with the emotional investment in it in other words) does the work.

Cooking and Recipes

Here are lenses I have written on cooking and food. Most of what I cook is simple, basic foods. Things that aren't necessarily going to look pretty on a plate, but will be good for you and fill you up.

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What were my cooking influences growing up?

I learned most of my cooking skills from watching my grandmother. She was a farmer's wife and raised 9 children back in Kansas.

I have honed my skills as a cook over the past decade cooking for my family. We eat the majority of our meals at home, made from scratch.

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How I create my lenses

I am a kitchen witch. This means that the spells I create are done using basics I can find in my kitchen and sometimes in the garden. I create based upon intuition and experience, and knowledge about interactions between different ingredients.

Cooking is done in much the same way. I may write my recipes down, but I never create them the same way two times in a row.

A lot of times, an idea for a lens will seemingly come out of nowhere. They are based upon what I am doing and focusing upon at the time. Each lens seems to inspire the next.

Pagan Witch

Most would say that I am not the stereotypical witch. No black clothes. I'm not loaded down with tons of jewellery. I don't even wear a pentagram (Gasp! Shock!)

I'm just the average mum down the road, taking her kids to school each day, baking cookies ... well, maybe not so much of the baking.
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I call myself a kitchen witch because I make do with what I have on hand. I don't need fancy tools, or elaborate rituals to do my work.
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I work with the Gods, I speak to them, they speak to me, but I don't worship them. Our conversations are more like two neighbours speaking over the garden fence.
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Alternative Healing

I have a strong interest in herbalism and aromatherapy and earned a Diploma in Aromatherapy back in 2006.

My interests in alternative healing have been focused mainly on energy healing techniques over the past many years.
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Energy Healing

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Women I admire series

Here I will be featuring women I have known or heard of who inspire me. Some may be famous, but many are ordinary women making their way through life the best they can
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About me and mine

As I mention, my family is very important to me. These are lenses I have created for myself that reflect who I am in life and how I have come to be the person I am.
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Oh the places I've seen

Featuring places I have lived in or been to around the world
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Loners

Lenses without a home

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Here you will find lenses that don't quite seem to fit in anywhere else.
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Save the Children

There are a few charities that are important to me. One that I always give to around Christmas time by buying gifts through their online catalogue is "Save the Children". I am very much in favour of the positive work they are doing for children in poorer countries around the world.

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us

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NanLT has been writing at Squidoo since January 2009 and in that time has established herself as an authority on such diverse topics as home cooking... more »

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