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seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Thinking Ahead

We who live in the Pacific Northwest have come through a week of historic temperatures that have spiked 25 degrees above normal.  Elsewhere, our triple digits might sound laughable, but here it’s serious business.
My momma didn’t raise no wimp, but I have [...]

  1 year, 1 month ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: The Dash of Life

Someone asked me recently if I’d ever thought of becoming a teacher. The answer was a resounding “Yes!” I used to daydream about teaching first grade. I don’t know why that particular grade jumped out at me, because my teacher, Miss Crandall, was at least a [...]

  1 year, 2 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: My First Pathetic Garden

When I heard about Twttrlist lenses, I thought about various topics that might make a good fit. Usually when I’m searching for writing ideas, I open my memory bank up wide and let a good breeze blow through. Yesterday that breeze swirled around a [...]

  1 year, 3 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: The Exchange of Words

Email is like dust on a coffee table. You can polish your empty Inbox to a squeaky-clean shine, but watch out. Tomorrow there’ll be more.  We complain about the spammers, smile at our funny email friends,  share life’s ups and downs electronically, and so [...]

  1 year, 3 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: How to Become a Billionaire in Three Minutes

I’ve been waiting to share some earthshaking news.  I hope you can contain your excitement. Five days ago, I received a remarkable email from Dr.Claudio Thomas. It began:
Greeting !!!
This is to bring to your notice that a bank draft of £750,000.00 Great British
Pound(GBP),have been issued in your favour by World Bank [...]

  1 year, 4 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: A Sneak Peek at a Most Shocking Lens

I‘ve come to the conclusion that I need to let my brain have its way. Take this column, for instance. Backstories is a behind-the-scene look at what incubates certain topics. Don’t ask for a formula, though, because Brain informs me there isn’t one.
I suspect this is the case with [...]

  1 year, 4 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: April Showers

April showers bring May flowers. I remember my third-grade teacher telling us that when we couldn’t go outside for recess. When gloomy weather interrupts adulthood, though—whether it be actual rainfall or a personal “storm”—there’s a remedy that works every time. Seek out something to laugh [...]

  1 year, 4 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: Look to the Harvest

When I was growing up, my favorite uncle managed apple orchards for a large packing plant in Washington.  We lived two states away, and every year around harvest time, a wooden crate would arrive at our house bearing 24 apples individually wrapped in yellow tissue paper. [...]

  1 year, 5 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: The Squidoo Brainshift

Shortly after making my first few Squidoo lenses, I was driving home from the post office late one afternoon.  I love that time of day, when golden lights fills the spaces between branches and bushes. I remember studying an old oak on a street corner, and [...]

  1 year, 5 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: The Beauty of Transparency

One of the nicest people I’ve ever met was a little old lady who lived her days to the rhythm of gratitude. I met her on a warm afternoon in May, after my pastor asked if I’d be willing to deliver a flowering plant to several [...]

  1 year, 6 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Daily Digest 3/02/09

How much do you know about sundials? Ever thought of making one in your garden? Lensmaster Frances shares all that and more in her How to Make a Sundial lens.
And speaking of sun, if you’ve ever considered building your own greenhouse, visit How to Build an Affordable Greenhouse, by lensmaster SteveEffeo. [...]

  1 year, 6 months ago · View

seedplanter wrote a new blog post: Backstories: Home is Where the Keys Are

In pre-Squidoo days, there once was a time when everything had its place. Scissors hung on a row of hooks on a padded board.  Pens and pencils filled a can near the kitchen telephone.  Needles and thread could be located within seconds whenever a button popped [...]

  1 year, 6 months ago · View