Seedplanter’s Porch

I know, I know.  I’ve been an absentee squid.  Not intentionally, but out of necessity.

I’ve gotten lost in my “real” work lately, working on a new book, launching my Beadspiration shop at Etsy, and planning projects to work on the rest of this year. But my intentions are to make a new lens or two or three before the summer is up. That might not sound very ambitious to you, but if I posted my list you’d understand.

Spinning plates is a challenge, and so is Squidoo. I want to give lensmaking my best, so I won’t jump in halfheartedly. In the meantime, I hope you’re building so many lenses, the halls of Squidoo are creaking and swelling from all the activity.

Don’t give up on me. I’ll be back ASAP.

Seedplanter

TwttrLists are great! If you’ve not discovered them, it’s time to expand your Squidooey horizons and make a list of your own. Start with the template (thanks, Megan!), and create a list of your favorite topical twitters. Like movies? Check out the latest feedback. Planning a trip? Run a Twitter search to see the destinations people are raving about.

The fun of TwttrLists is that everyone’s is fresh. Different. Plus there’s no end to the number of lists one person can create. My first TwttrList is Great Gardening Tips on Twitter. Why? Because I love flowers, vegetable gardens, herb gardening, and nature photography.  It seemed like a natural fit. And hey – did you know, you could win an Amazon Kindle? Check out the details at this lens about TwttrLists.

Here are some other creative examples that I’ve really enjoyed!

Great Quotes via Twitter by CCGAL

Best of Productivity Tips on Twitter by AlexShalman

Tweeters Who Plant Tomatoes! by Mickie_G

Best of #bea on Twitter by totai

Bank Error in Your Favor by rms

So, what are your favorite TwttrLists?

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©Bonnie Bruno 2009

So I returned home from five days camping on the coast, to find that my Day Trippin’ lens about Smith Rock State Park had been awarded a purple star. I like the color purple, but I really like that purple star. Thanks to whoever submitted the lens. I appreciate the Attagirl, because it was fun sharing one of my favorite spots with all of you.

This Day Trippin’ series has just begun. If you like traveling by proxy, stay tuned. I have two WIP lenses waiting in the wings…one on Crater Lake, and the other on the coastal region.  I took this sunset photo at Heceta Head around 8:20 p.m.

Glad to be back, and I’m eager to catch up on Squidlog and also check out new lenses that launched while I was away.

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Would you hit Reply just because somebody tells you to? Would you discuss your personal business with the crown prince of Toga-Tora-Bohwanda, just because he says he’s chosen you out of the world’s population, to receive a very special inheritance?

Imagine that. You are so special, they’re talkin’ boutcha overseas, in a country you’ve never visited, and what’s more–they’re loving you so much, you’re a beneficiary.

Who woulda thunk?

How to Become a Billionaire in Three Minutes is my latest lens. I hope none of you oh-so-smart Squidooers would reply to the fake Nigerian prince, or to the sweet little old lady whose husband left her so much moolah, she desperately needs YOU to help disperse her wealth. Or to the compassionate woman who told me she’s sending ten million my way so I can create a children’s orphanage in America – after I give her the routing number to my checking account, and prove to her that this is really me.  Oh, really?

Gotta love that internet.

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A funny thing happened on my way to creating my last lens. I sat down to flesh out a topic that I’d thought of yesterday, but something in my noggin’ snapped. Suddenly, I felt an uncanny urge to reply to a long-overdue email (circa 2007) from a friend who had been pestering me for a certain URL. Then the phone rang, and my brother’s voice pulled me into a long conversation. I love my brother. We’re good friends. He doesn’t know the Giant Squid side of me, though, and I’d just as soon keep it that way. He might wonder if my brain has shifted a few cells.

So I made my way back to my home office, where all my lenses are hatched. And a minute or two into my lens-building, I heard a familiar Squeeeeeaaaaak!  Oh, joy! The mail truck had arrived. On the way back from the mailbox, I noticed a two-foot weed in my rock garden under my kitchen window, where daisies, coneflowers, and other heat-loving plants grow. Yanked that thing hard and that was that.

Then back to the lens…

If your WIPs are piling up, this lens is for you. If your ideas exceed your output, this Procrastination Primer is dedicated to you. Squidoo’s Unofficial Procrastination Primer is a lens series that began  today with Chapter 1. I’ll launch another chapter lens soon, if the creek doesn’t rise and a meteor doesn’t hit my roof.

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