GIVING THANKS by Cheries_Art Let’s Give Thanks to Those Who Have Helped Us At Squidoo I received a really very nice comment on my Giant Squid Mentor lens this morning and it inspired me to start the Not-Just-For-Giants -  Giving Thanks Project. Giving Thanks Project Rules Everyday, from now until Thanksgiving in the USA, visit one lensmaster (a different one each day) who has helped you at Squidoo in some way and leave a comment at one of their lenses thanking them. Do NOT create any... Read Full Story

Today we shine the Squidoo Spotlight on to 100 Club Member Mickie_G. 1.   Tell us about your experience as a RocketMom. I love being a RocketMom because Bonnie is such a wonderful taskmaster! Why? She comes up with super ideas that are easy to write about AND she does not flog you for being late submitting assignments. Also, there are many RM lensmasters who are very generous and share copiously. Alison Meacham and Paula Atwell have particularly influenced me.2.    On your bio you m... Read Full Story

Friendship Mugs. by teresahall2007 Create personalised mugs at zazzle Spiced Tea Recipe Today’s winner of the Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for charity) is a delicious homemade spiced tea recipe. This spice tea recipe is easy to make from any instant tea and is perfect for sharing as an inexpensive, yet very welcome gift. (You’ll find full instructions for gifting this tea at the recipe page.) The recipe page shares the delicious recipe (including pictures that make it impossible... Read Full Story

New Giant Squid Ecolicious would like you to take a look at Ecolicious Wannabe. Here’s why: It explains my “green” journey, the ups and downs and the hope that comes with living a sustainable life. It also promotes my other green Squidoo lenses and my two blogs Gloria’s Green and OrganicTaste. I wouldn’t say I’m an expert at anything, but I have been called a jack-of-all-trades before. I try to learn and do a little bit of everything, but in the end I alw... Read Full Story

Ideas to Keep them busy while the Turkey is Cooking Two more winners of the Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for charity) feature great ideas to keep the family busy while the turkey is cooking. At Food Coloring Pages you’ll find links to fun Thanksgiving Food related coloring pages for the kids. (And any adults who love to color)  Print some of these up before the big day and have your own coloring contest or simply set them on the table with a box of crayons for the kiddies to find. A... Read Full Story

Fresh Pumpkin Pie Recipe Think it’s hard to bake a fresh Pumpkin Pie? Not when you use this great made-from-real-pumpkin Pumpkin Pie Recipe that I found. From the Garden Pumpkin Pie includes the really very easy directions for selecting, cleaning, cooking, and baking your fresh-from-scratch pumpkin pie.  You’ll find a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the differences of using fresh versus canned pumpkin and a place to share your thoughts about baking the best pumpkin pie.... Read Full Story

This Thanksgiving why not go wild! Cooking a Wild Turkey is a little different from cooking one that you hunted down at the grocery store.  At How to Roast a Wild Turkey you’ll learn everything you need to know about cooking a wild turkey including how  to brine, inject, roast, smoke, marinade, and grill a real wild turkey. Recipes include: Roast Wild Turkey with blue cornbread-shrimp stuffing recipe Smoked Wild Turkey recipe Simple-But-Scrumptious Wild Turkey Breast recipe Grilled W... Read Full Story

Here’s your weekly dose of Purple Stars! As always these lenses appear in no particular order and each is worthy of a visit from you! Utilizing the Blackbox Module The Christmas Fair Who Would Drink Raw Milk? Eating the Placenta After Giving Birth Flute Accessories for Aspiring Flute Players My Top Ten Red Hot Chili Pepper Songs Greatest Sax Solo Fuzzy Dice Alfa Romeo Spider (Star of the Graduate Film) Quaker State Vintage Advertising Uncle Shlomos Pushcart at Zazzle My Daughter has Ma... Read Full Story

Help Feed the Hungry Today’s winning page in  the Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for Charity) shares ideas that you can use to help feed the homeless in your community. At the holidays when most of us are busy trying to figure out which recipes we want to serve to our loved ones, there are many people who live nearby who are simply worried about where they might find their next meal. Feed the Homeless During the Holidays supplies good ideas about how you can help feed those who are le... Read Full Story

New Giant Squid 24websurf would like you to take a look at Epic Farms Donations. Here’s why: This lens is important to me because I feel that Epic Farms needs to have as much help as they can get to save these lovely horses that have no control over their own fate. Jen is one of our very own RocketMoms and Squidoo Giants and is a breast cancer survivor. She introduced me to Shadow early in our RocketMom session 1 assignments and I was hooked. As I learned more about Jen and worked my w... Read Full Story