LindaJM's Portfolio of Lenses

How I help out here at Squidoo 

...I live to serve!

There are over thirty Squid angels, but only one Image & Video Mentor.

Image and Video Mentor

Welcome! I'm Linda Martin, your Image and Video Mentor here at Squidoo. I love working with images and know you will too once you have the right software and a few simple instructions. This lens lists sites where you can find free images on the web....

Helpful Words From a Squid Angel - Quotes and Advice Too!

Hello lens visitor... are you looking for a SquidAngel? I'm one of over thirty as of April 2009. This means I'll be reviewing lenses to see what's hot and what's not. When I find a lens that deserves more recognition, I'll bless it, which will give a...

Senior Squids 

...older but no less bolder.

Senior Squids and The Arts

Senior Squids are creative, so our second challenge is to make lenses about any aspect of the arts. This challenge runs from June 7 through June 13, 2009. (Late art lenses are still welcome, Senior Squids!) Vincent Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait in Fro...

Senior Squids

Are you over age fifty? Are you a Squidoo lensmaster? If the question is YES to both, you're welcome to join a new group, Senior Squids... for those of us born a while back. I love being an older citizen and I hope you do too. I love networking with...

Twttrlists Created by Senior Squids

Senior Squids have been busy making Twttrlists during May and June, 2009.

Festival of creative arts... 

...I'm essentially a writer, but I get into other things too.

If you can harness your creativity long enough to focus it into one endeavor you will discover the joy of artistic success.

Creative Lensmaking

I love finding creative uses for Squidoo modules. This lens is my place for collecting creative lensmaking techniques. Have fun looking through these lenses - there's some genius at work here. I'm currently looking for more creative lenses to includ...

Get Ready For NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, encourages ordinary people to write a novel during the month of November. The novel must be at least 50,000 words in length, which is short by most novel writing standards. This feat can be accomplished by wri...

Creative Alchemy For Creative Growth

Creative alchemy is creative change. It involves your willingness to grow beyond your present boundaries and become a more versatile, daring artist in whatever medium you work with. You can experience creative alchemy in graphic arts, writing, music...

Tips For Writing Middle Grade Novels

If you have any writing skills at all, you are able to write a middle grade novel. It is easy to do and I'll show you how. A middle grade novel is intended to appeal to children ages 8 to 12. If you want to write a middle grade novel, the best way t...

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Purple Everything!

Purple is the color that makes us feel like kings! Purple symbolizes royalty, passion, spiritual joy, and deep meditation. Purple is the color of the third-eye chakra so it denotes psychic abilities and insight. The crystal amethyst is purple and pro...

NaNoWriMo News, Tips, & Resources on Twitter and Squidoo

Twitter and Squidoo are great places to network about NaNoWriMo, your NaNoWriMo novels, and writing in general. This lens is your guide to finding news, hints, tips, and guides to NaNoWriMo on Squidoo, as well as networking opportunities through Twit...

Creating and Using Your Writer's Notebook

Writers need notebooks. That's where they record all the flash inspirations the Muse sends them. Thoughts are fleeting. If you have a good idea for a writing project, you need a place to write it down. The logical place, the place thousands of writ...

Great Writing Resources, Tips, Twitters, and Inspirations

This lens is filled with information to help writers develop their craft. Writing is a way of life that many of us cannot live without. A day without writing seems . . . imbalanced, don't you think? You can meet some great writers through Twitter a...

Squidoo 

...I love this subject.

One thing we lensmasters love is to read or write lenses about Squidoo.

In Praise of the Squidoo Guestbook

I recently finished reading a long and interesting lens - and was inspired to tell the writer how much I enjoyed her work. But to my dismay, there was no guestbook. No contact link either. I was so disappointed that I couldn't network with the autho...

...when you visit a Squidoo lens

Besides building and writing your own lenses, the most important thing you can do on this site is to visit other people's lenses. What you do there will make a big difference to everyone involved. If we as a huge Squidoo community can band together t...

My Least Popular Lenses - and Lessons I've Learned From Making Them

These are my least popular Squidoo lenses. Either they are terrible topics, or I haven't given them enough loving attention. Either way, I haven't given up on them. At the very least, this lens will serve to keep me aware of the lenses that need to...

How To Promote Your Squidoo Lens

Now that you have a lens, you want to let people know about it. Getting people to read your lens is harder than writing it! But there are many ways to promote your lens, make it more popular in search engines, and make it a success. In this lens I'll...

More about Squidoo 

Offer Email Subscriptions to Your SquidCasts

This tutorial shows how to set up a subscription service so your Squidoo lens visitors can receive your SquidCasts in email. If you're not a member of Squidoo yet, please join. Subscribe to get notifications of my lens updates by email. Note: This...

Squidoo Message Board Forums

You have to do it. You have to let people know about your lenses - but HOW? One of the best ways is to network with other Squidoo lensmasters on Squidoo message board forums. There you'll meet lots of other lensmasters who have been where you are now...

About me 

...in case you want to know more.

Life is a never ending series of challenges followed by solutions followed by challenges.

LindaJM's Squidoo Journey - part one - 2006 through 2008

It took some time for me to warm up to the idea. I'm usually so busy, I don't have time to investigate new sites on the web. I have blogs to maintain, a job to attend to, and a family. Plus at first Squidoo didn't seem like something I wanted to kno...

LindaJM's Squidoo Journey - part two - 2009

I love to keep track of my progress with diary entries. I'm hoping for an exciting year with lots of Squidoo growth, so I'm planning to make good use of this diary lens. In case you missed it - part one of this diary is here: LindaJM's Squidoo Jour...

Linda Jo Martin

Linda Jo Martin, author of The Scribe of Irohila, The Seagull Rebellion, The Alyssa Project, and other novels, lives in Northern California in the Klamath National Forest. Also see: Lensography of Linda Martin I confess that photo of me is from a f...

Gather.Com - Articles, Groups, and Friends

Gather.Com is a friendly writing site where you can get feedback on your articles and express your concerns about life. I've been a member of Gather.Com since December 1, 2006, and have posted dozens of articles there. I find that the readers often...

Spirituality, Linda style... 

...come celebrate with me!

A kaleidoscope of brilliant colors, mixed with serendipity and viewed with joy.

Gurus Online: Find Your Guru Online

A guru is a spiritual teacher with advanced knowledge and wisdom, gained through meditation. The word guru comes from two Sanskrit words: gu means darkness, and ru means light. A guru is an enlightened teacher who brings spiritual light to dark minds...

Lao Tse

There is as much controversy about whether Lao Tse existed as there is about whether Jesus existed. Maybe more. According to tradition, Lao Tse was a great philosopher who lived about 400 BC. He is the author of the Tao Te Ching. If you're not a me...

Messenger from the Summer of Love

This book inspires us to remember that love is the most important thing, and that we can live life in a way that brings joy to our souls and thereby uplift the consciousness of others whose lives we touch. Messenger from the Summer of Love is a fun-...

Love: A Work Force Energy Booster!

People respond well to love. They respond by working harder, being more organized, and getting along with their co-workers. So how can we bring more love into our working environments? I'm not talking about romantic love. That's something to avoid i...

Festival of the Inner Light

There's a new winter holiday. It's called the Festival of the Inner Light. Come along on a new adventure -- a winter-long holiday of spiritual and creative growth.

...energy healing.

I use energy healing methods including EFT, Quantum Touch, dowsing, and Reiki.

Raymon Grace: The Future is Yours - Do Something About It!

The Future is Yours - Do Something About It! is the title of a book by Raymon Grace, an energy dowser. He combines dowsing with years of spiritual training to clear negative energies and create positive ones, bringing health and well-being into the l...

Best of Truth and Justice on Twitter

Does truth and justice exist on Twitter? Why, yes it does! People are tweeting about #truth and #justice every day. I decided to follow along, and choose some of my favorite tweets from the bunch... and here they are!

Geniyyah Energy Healing

We're all made of energy. Learning to work with that energy promotes health and well-being in our lives and the lives of others. Geniyyah Healing provides information on energy healing techniques, manifesting, visions, energy exercises, and divinatio...

EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) help people recover from emotional traumas and other disorders by removing blockages in the energy meridian system. Through a routine of simple tapping on a series of specific sites on the body, the energy is allow...

More lenses related to my spiritual beliefs and practices...

I enjoy several forms of divination, including dowsing with a pendulum, cards (though I'm not using traditional Tarot cards), and the I-Ching.

I Ching Readings for a Changing World

Occasionally I consult the I Ching oracle on a matter of public interest, and will post the results here. The I-Ching is an ancient Chinese oracle book comprised of 64 sections, each of which explains an important condition of human experience. Thos...

Dowsing

I've learned a type of dowsing that goes beyond just reading bio electric fields that surround each feature of this planet, including human beings. The dowsing I've been training myself to do involves actually changing energies from negative fields t...

Predictions for 2009 through 2012, and Beyond

This lens features predictions for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. More years will be added when predictions become available. If you're not a member of Squidoo yet, please join. Subscribe to get notifications of my lens upd...

A charity I support:

Palestine Children's Relief Fund

The Palestine Children's Relief Fund is a charity that provides medical assistance for injured Palestinian children. This most recent assault on Gaza (December 2008-January 2009) left over four hundred Palestianian children dead, and many more injur...

My creative writing 

I should share more of my short writing. Stay tuned.

The Irish Story of Frank Martin and the Fairies, Retold in Limericks

Frank Martin was a sickly Irish weaver who had been baptized against fairies as an infant. Ever since then he had the gift of "seeing the good people." In other words, he could see and hear fairies. Others in his town were not blessed with this abil...

A Baby Boomer Defines Life After World War II

I was born in 1952 in Oakland California. My father had been in the Army during World War II. My mother was very young. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area towns of El Cerrito and Richmond. The following free-form narrative explains my feelin...

Memoirs 

Here's another category I hope to expand a lot in the future.

A Trip Into the Grand Canyon - January 1972

When I was nineteen I met a young man in the Haight Ashbury. A few months later we went on a hitchhiking trip that took us all the way to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. This is our story, as I remember it. Unfortunately I took no photos while I was...

We watch a DVD almost every evening... 

...there are no movie theaters in Happy Camp

There are few things more pleasurable than leaning back in a comfy chair to watch a cinematic masterpiece!

Horse Movies

Movies featuring horses are some of the most spectacular ever made. The beauty of filming the graceful bounding of a horse must infiltrate any cinematographer's heart so that any movie with a horse becomes a memorable, uplifting experience. If you'r...

August Rush

The opening words to the movie set the mood and tell us the most important thing about this story: "Listen. The music. Can you hear it? I can hear it everywhere. In the wind. In the air. In the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open y...

Music - a gift of the heavenly spheres 

...where human intuition blends with imagination and delight.

Music calms the senses and feeds the soul.

Vintage Beatles Albums - What Are They Worth?

To this day I remember buying my first Beatles album. I was twelve that year and motivated by peer pressure to start a collection. I'd seen the Beatles on Ed Sullivan's TV show - my entire family watched both performances, enraptured. My father said...

Mountain Music Elevates The Soul

Mountain music is laid-back, country-style creative joy-making. Add your instinctual capacity for rhythm and tone, and your family can make the most harmonious music in town. Whether you live in the city or the country, welcome the sounds of genuine...

Books - the land of the lost... 

...lost in the pages of a book and I don't even want to get out!

I write a lot so I read a lot. Reading is not only tremendously satisfying entertainment, it is an exercise for the psyche because unlike watching a movie, you're forced to visualize and imagine and think!

Secret of the Andes

The Secret of the Andes is a classic of children's literature. The Secret of the Andes won the Newbery Medal in 1953. Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark is a short, culturally rich novel about the life of a young boy who lived in the Andes Mount...

Mary Summer Rain

There isn't much on the web about Mary Summer Rain. She apparently loves her privacy and doesn't maintain her own website. Therefore the best way to learn about her is through reading her books. This painting of Mary Summer Rain was done by Carole B...

Literary Arts Lenses by LindaJM

Since I read and write a lot, many of my lenses are about books and the skills it takes to write them. This lens lists my literary arts lenses. This is a supplement to my regular lensography - created because I know I'll be writing dozens of literar...

Benjamin Franklin Was A Vegetarian

Benjamin Franklin was a vegetarian. In his own words: "When about 16 Years of Age, I happen'd to meet with a Book, written by one Tryon, recommending a Vegetable Diet. I determined to go into it. My Brother being yet unmarried, did not keep House,...

Books For Writers

This lens features books that will help you develop your fiction and non-fiction writing skills. What a writer needs is inspiration, and these books will give it to you. You'll find the power to go on, motivation to meet your goals, and ideas for st...

More about books...

King of the Wind

King of the Wind, a children's novel that won the Newbery Medal in 1949, is a retelling of the classic story of the Godolphin Arabian, the renowned horse that fathered a line of outstanding race horses. Among those whose ancestry is traced back to th...

Reading Novels To Children - Twenty-Five Recommendations

I'd heard that some parents were reading books to their children - and not just picture books. They were reading long novels - not only children's novels but sometimes novels meant for adults as well. When I started reading to my youngest during his...

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

She said it was a love story, but most people think of it as a great classic of Southern life. She never had another book published, yet this one, written early in life, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961--the highest honor for great literatu...

Ten Must-Read Classics of Great Literature

Because I love to read good books - I want to have the honor of introducing you to ten favorite classic novels that have enchanted and entertained readers for decades. I feel one of the saddest effects of modern society has been to take young people...

Newbery Medal winning children's novels 

Newbery Medal Winners, 1930-1939

During the 1930s, Newbery winners were mainly fiction, with a few fictionalized biographies and non-fiction titles. The quality of children's literature started to improve though it was nowhere near the high standards expected of writers today. Still...

Newbery Award Winning Books

Winning the Newbery Medal is the greatest thrill and honor for an author of middle grade or young adult literature. It means that the chosen book has been read and enjoyed by experts in the field of children's literature, and that the book has lastin...

Newbery Medal Winners, 1950-1959

At the beginning of this decade, children's books were still fairly simplistic, but by the end, we're favored with an outstanding historical novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, that sets a precedent for the increased quality of children's books in th...

Newbery Medal Winners, 1922-1929

Early Newbery Medal winners included short story collections, non-fiction, and novels. Many are out of print, difficult to locate, and rare. Books older than 1927 may now be in the public domain. This lens has links to Amazon pages for all the Newber...

Newbery Medal Winners, 1940-1949

Every book on this list is a treasure in its own right. Each is unique, lovable, different. But if you only read two of them, don't miss Johnny Tremain and The Twenty-One Balloons. They are my two favorites for quality and originality. Of course, I'm...

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Newbery Medal Winners, 1970-1979

There are some outstanding novels in this collection of Newbery books, and I get excited when I remember reading and enjoying them. Some of my favorites are Sing Down the Moon, The Westing Game, and The Periolous Gard. There are other excellent novel...

Newbery Medal Winners, 1990-1999

Writers are under a lot of pressure these days to produce high quality novels. The competition is enormous. Consequently the cream of the crop books on this list are excellent. My favorite novels from this list are Holes and Walk Two Moons. I'm als...

Newbery Medal Winners, 2000-2009

Amazing things are happening in the world of children's literature. Authors are striving to write outstanding novels and non-fiction for children. This can be directly attributed to award programs like the Newbery Medal. My favorite from this decade...

Newbery Medal Winners, 1960-1969

There are some excellent novels in this, plus at least one great non-fiction reference book. My picks for best children's novels from this decade are From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, I, Juan de Pareja, A Wrinkle in Time, and Isla...

Newbery Medal Winners, 1980-1989

This was an amazing decade for Newbery Medal and Honor Books. During this period two of the winners were poetic. A non-fiction book won the medal for the first time in many years, and two others were honor books. Plus there were many excellent novels...

Internetting my way around the world 

...caught in the web.

This section is special -- it is only for people who put a value on communication.

How to Use Ping.fm to Save Time on Use of Social Media Sites

Ping.fm can help you deal with social media updates. Instead of visiting each social media site separately to post updates, you can post one update at Ping.fm and not have to waste any more time. We all know how valuable social media sites are to us...

Video Blogging For Beginners

All about video blogging for beginners! I'm Linda, a seasoned blogger. I'm learning to set up video blogging for some of my blogging projects. As I learn to do it I'll add information to this lens. Eventually this may become an expert video blogger...

Website Content Writing Tips for Squidoo, Your Website or Blog

This lens focuses on writing web content that will entertain site visitors, do well in search engine queries, and provide helpful answers to those who seek your information. If you want your pages to be noticed and to be used as reference pages peop...

How To Use Friend Feed

Friend Feed is a Web 2.0 feed amalgamation site that allows you and others to comment on your online activities. There's an easy registration. You log on, add as many feeds as you'd like, then connect with your friends. With FriendFeed you can find...

Expert Blogging Advice Helping Bloggers Succeed

Blogging has evolved to new standards of professionalism, and we must evolve to meet the challenge of competing with the best. I've been blogging since 2001. I've studied the experts extensively and have lots of information and links to share with yo...

More internet related lenses...

The Tao of Keywords: How Ancient Philosophy Can Guide Your SEO Efforts

The Tao Te Ching contains the rational basis for human activities, so it provides outstanding guidance for keyword selection and search engine optimization.

Copyblogger - a blog that teaches copywriting skills

Brian Clark started his copywriting blog, Copyblogger, in 2006. Since then it has become known as one of the best blogs on the web, on any topic. This blog helps and inspires bloggers in all niches to write compelling copy, gain subscribers, and fulf...

Websites For Writers

This lens is a collection of links to websites owned by writers. They are organized according to the style of web design used and site elements included. This lens is a teaching tool intended for use by participants in my workshop for writers, Creat...

How to Start a Webdesign Business

I started a webdesign business back in 2002. Even though I live in a very small town with only 1200 people, my business thrived for five years until I shut it down so I could do something else with my time. Most of my business was local. Now I've tr...

Creating An Impressive Writing Website

This page gives a broad overview of information you'll need to make a professional-looking writing website. I originally created this lens as preliminary information for writers participating in my workshop at the 2008 Muse Online Writers Conference...

Homestuff... 

...this is where my heart is.

No matter how far abroad we roam there's nothing like the sweetness of home.

Coping With Empty Nest Syndrome

They grow, we nurture them, and watch them fly off. Suddenly our nests are empty, our children are gone - off to make their fortunes in the world. What ever will we do with ourselves? How will we cope? When the family home empties parents often star...

Save On Gas - Ride A Bicycle

A good old fashioned bicycle will get you around town. So why pay a high price for gas? On a bike you can feel the wind in your face, say hello to your neighbors, and enjoy the sunshine. You can also get great exercise and develop the body you've be...

Natural and Artificial Sweeteners

Everyone likes to add a bit of sweetness to their diet, but how much do we really know about the sweeteners we eat? How bad are artificial sweeteners, really? And if they're all that bad for us, what natural sweeteners can replace them? If you liste...

Homeschooling Tips

On this lens I'm collecting homeschooling ideas for children of various ages. Have fun with homeschooling, and remember, a day spent together with your child is priceless. I homeschooled my children for nine years and started what I believe was the...

Emergency Survival - Plan and Prepare NOW so if Something Terrible Happens, You'll Be Ready!

Most people don't expect to be forced from their home by disaster, but it can happen. By then it is too late to prepare. In July 2007 a forest fire broke out less than a mile from my home, and I had to get ready to leave in case the fire came my way...

More homey topics.... plus education...

Do You Support the Separation of School & State?

This is the statement I agreed to when I signed the Proclamation of the Alliance for the Separation of School and State: "I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education." I signed the Proclamation about nine years ago -...

Wyotech Tech School - Pros and Cons

Lots of prospective Wyotech students and their families want to know if Wyotech tech school is worth the money. It costs a lot: $19,350 for the automotive technology program. Housing is extra. There are other programs including diesel technology, c...

Linda's Organic Gardening Journal - 2009

I've got the good fortune of a large yard in which to plant my food. I'm a vegetarian so I'm hoping to be able to grow at least half my food, maybe more. I consider this a matter of extreme importance for health and financial reasons. I'm also clean...

Linda's herbal 

I'll be adding to this a lot during the coming months.

Lemon Balm - Cultivation and Medicinal Uses

Lemon balm (melissa officinalis) is a fragrant, showy herb that will grow in almost any soil to brighten up your garden. Lemon balm - also called "melissa," "balm," or "bee balm" - smells a lot like lemon furniture polish, and in fact, can be used t...

Rosemary - Cultivation and Medicinal Uses

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) grows naturally and abundantly near the Mediterranean seashore in Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Tunisia. The name, 'rosemary' means "dew of the sea" and as a culinary spice, rosemary has been used in many Mediterranea...

Sage - Cultivation and Medicinal Uses

Sage (Salvia officinalis) has been used medicinally since ancient times. The name 'sage' means "safe" or "cure" - referring to the plant's healing powers. All plants of the genus Salvia are part of the Mint family. While it is true that sage has bee...

Government, legal and public health issues, and politics 

...I'm mainly interested in family rights.

When children are allowed to live with their parents who love them, the world will be back in balance.

Sarah Palin - Opinion Polls

Sarah Palin, at 44, is not only young and beautiful, but many Americans are now hailing her as "The Hope of America". She represents small town values, personal ethics, and individualism. Will she run for president in 2012? Do you think she should?...

Videos About Family Rights and CPS Cruelty

A basic building block of a strong civilization is the family. Put millions of strong families together and you'll have a nation of well-balanced adults that are sustained with love at home and able to blossom as citizens in a commonwealth, working f...

Fighting Child Protective Services False Allegations

Fight CPS is a family rights website that seeks to assist parents and others who are falsely accused of child abuse and neglect. This lens clarifies family rights issues and explains why I choose to try to help families who have been torn apart by C...

Swine Flu - 2009 - Symptoms & Protections

This new, never-before-seen type of influenza is a mixture of swine, human, and avian flu viruses. It has been designated H1N1. Quoting a CNN report: "The new virus has genes from North American swine influenza, avian influenza, human influenza and...

Fluoride Poisoning: Is Our Government Poisoning Us?

Nobody wants to think they've been poisoned. The first reaction of many is to reject the information. I heard about this years ago but managed to block the information - a common first reaction to hearing our water supply could be dangerous. If you'r...

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Automatic Marriage by Law for Parents

Should unmarried couples with children be automatically married by law? This may seem like a ridiculous proposition at first glance, yet a UK professor and former government health adviser in England wants it to become a law in the UK. In April 200...

Step outside and what do you see? 

...a lot of adventures, waiting for me!

Since I live in an area known as "The Home of Outdoor Family Recreation" it is only natural that I'd participate!

Ten Ways To Use A Tent

It is magical. You put up your tent, crawl in, and experience life from the inside of a new fabric-enclosed space created just for you. You arrange your things, lay back on your air mattress or cot, and look at the ceiling. A sigh of exhilarated rela...

Bigfoot Sightings

I've always been intrigued by the idea of Bigfoot, but it wasn't until 2005 that I decided to learn more about them. I've never seen Bigfoot, but I live in a small town in the middle of a huge forest in Northern California, and lots of people around...

Bigfoot Videos

These are some of the best Bigfoot videos to be found on YouTube and other video sites. I've been researching Bigfoot for several years - see my Bigfoot Sightings blog for my collection of articles about Bigfoot. Note: The artwork featured here is...

Swimming Holes

Hot days, sweat, and that lazy, exhausted feeling. All these can be cured by a dip in a countryside swimming hole. I am lucky to live in a town where there are swimming holes all around. I invite you to visit us here and check out some of the local s...

Are you a time traveler? 

...I'm just curious - is it really possible?

The odd, the unusual, the amazing - these things tweak my imagination.

John Titor-Time Travel

John Titor is the pseudonymn of a person who claimed to be a time traveler from the year 2036. He appeared in Internet chatrooms and on message boards for a few months back in the winter of 2000 to 2001. This image is a photo John Titor sent via the...