Wildflowers are blooming though we didn’t get much lupine this year. Instead our south meadow is inundated by star thistle, an unwelcome visitor. I’m learning how to eradicate this terrible, painful plant. It started in the lower part of the meadow a few years ago and now has taken over the entire area to be stopped only by a thick and well-established hedge of blackberry brambles.
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Writing, Tips, and Twitters
Are you on Twitter? If so, you’re welcome to follow me. So many people are connecting on Twitter for microblogging fun, I recently even discovered one of my daughters there. Most of my Twittering is about writing, including my content-writing work at Squidoo.Com. I maintain a second account to talk about herbs and gardening: Linda’s Herbal.
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Twttrlists, a Contest !!! …and Writing
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you probably know by now that I make a bit of extra money every month by writing lenses for Squidoo.Com. What I’m making is not a living wage, but it is appreciated – very much so! Squidoo was originally created to have a venue for donations to charity, and many “lensmasters” (as we are called) are able to donate 100% of their earnings to whatever charities they like most. Others are actually earning enough to call this a great part-time job!
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