Index of Lens Categories 

• Movies
• Music
• Books: Reading and Writing Them
• More about books...
• The Newbery Series, part one (Children's Books)
• The Newbery Series, part two (Children's Books)
• Internet
• More Internet
• Family
• Thrifty Living
• Emergency Preparedness
• Government, Legal Issues, Politics
• Bigfoot
• Culinary Adventures
• Divination, Dowsing, Energy Healing
• Outdoor Recreation
• Squidoo
• The Sixties
• Time Travel
• Egocentricity
• All My Lenses

Movies 

...I'm going to write only about my favorite movies here.

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 

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...

Have a Mountain Music Christmas!

I'm wishing you a beautiful Christmas full of the most beautiful sounds in the world. Mountain music is laid-back, country-style creative joy-making. Add your instinctual capacity for rhythm and tone, and your family could make the most harmonious mu...

Books: Reading and Writing Them 

...lots of lenses about books and writing

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...

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...

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 to...

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...

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... 

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...

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...

The Newbery Series, part one (Children's Books) 

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...

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, 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, 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...

The Newbery Series, part two (Children's Books) 

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...

Newbery Medal Winners, 2000-2008

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, 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, 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...

Internet 

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...

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...

★ 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. If you're not a member of Sq...

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...

More Internet 

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...

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.

Family 

Empty Nest Syndrome: What It Is, And What To Do About It

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...

Thrifty Living 

Save 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...

Emergency Preparedness 

...better safe than sorry.

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...

Government, Legal Issues, Politics 

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

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...

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...

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?...

Bigfoot 

...I'm a Bigfoot researcher

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...

Bigfoot Sightings

I've always been intrigued by the idea of Bigfoot, but it wasn't until 2005 that I decided to study the phenomena. 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 h...

Culinary Adventures 

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...

Divination, Dowsing, Energy Healing 

...another hobby of mine

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...

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...

Predictions

I'm creating this lens to experiment with making predictions. I don't know if my predictions are worth anything yet, but I plan to find out. I will make a series of predictions, and we'll see how well I do at predicting the future. Bear with me. I h...

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...

Outdoor Recreation 

...things to do in the sunshine.

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...

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...

Squidoo 

...I love this subject.

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...

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...

...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...

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 author...

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...

The Sixties 

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-...

Time Travel 

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

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...

Egocentricity 

...lenses mainly about me.

My Squidoo Diary

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...

Linda Martin - My Lensography

Hi! I'm Linda Jo Martin of Happy Camp, a small town in Northern California. I enjoy cooking, photography, art, reading, writing, and learning about new things. I'm also into gold prospecting, Bigfoot research, and visiting swimming holes with my boyf...

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...

Goal: 200 Lenses 

...by the end of 2009.

I've made a blog on WordPress.Com to track my progress in making 200 lenses.

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Lensmastery by Linda 

...My SquidTop Blog

This is the blog I use for sharing tips for using Squidoo.

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All My Lenses 

...my stats.

This blog is used for recording my statistics.

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Social Networking 

...web 2.0 sites I participate in.

Your comments are welcome. 

If you're reading this lens, I'd like to know who you are. Please leave a comment to tell me about yourself.

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This is my favorite Web 2.0 application (besides Squidoo). Have you tried it yet? I created a page to help people learn about FriendFeed: How to Use FriendFeed.

I hope you will follow me on FriendFeed because I'm looking for new friends and contacts there. Here's my page: LindaJM at FriendFeed.

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