Gift Ideas and Indie-Publisher Support

I have been bringing awareness to everyone I meet and all over the internet on my website and many social media sites through my illustrated children's book, "The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise" ever since I met with award-winning filmmaker Robert Lundahl and heard him tell me of his making the "Who Are My People?" documentary. The book covers this travesty in our pristine deserts from the animals' perspective and includes Alfredo (La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle) as a main character. I have also been posting every article I can find about the solar industry's mistakes, problems, even a new distressed land solar maps etc.  (See my website www.TheEarthwormBook.com)

At the screening in San Diego of "Who Are My People?" I introduced Robert and opened up the meeting by reading an excerpt from the book and talked about what had moved me to write and illustrate it. Several women present expressed delight as they had been hoping for a way to present this problem to children, and now here was the way.

'Tis The Season for giving gifts and love.

"The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise" is a non-fiction book that is a perfect gift for your nieces, nephews, kids and grandkids. The desert is a precious place with many important aspects that need our protection and support. Get informed. Ages:Elementary grades Available at Barnes&Noble MiraMesa (signed copies), all online bookstores worldwide and linked here.

"The Earthworm Book/CD" comes with audio narration, music, The Earthworm Song, all for beginning reading with page-turning sounds. Ages 0-3rd grade. A practical application for the whole family how to build a worm-box for making worm castings out of your kitchen scraps to feed your plants. Hand-drawn illustrations. On sale on Amazon.com through www.TheEarthwormBook.com  To Buy Books Click Here link.

2 Desert Solar Projects May Harm Tortoises

We need to educate ourselves and especially our children about what is going on in our deserts under the banner of “green” and “sustainable.” A lot of harm is being done that we do not see! Please click on the Amazon.com link on this page www.TheEarthwormBook.com/?page_id=64 and go and buy the book. Spread the word.

Keep it going; be aware and knowledgeable for our children’s and for our future, and all the beauty and wildlife of the desert. Solar is good, but do not put it in this habitat.

The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise

http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/wildlife/two-desert-solar-plants-may-harm-thousands-of-tortoises.html

 

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The outdoor accessories that your home must have

Here at EarthwormArtRoom we want you to enjoy home aesthetics functionality and living life with joy. Here are some great ideas and items to help from YesComUSA.

Your garden can become an additional liveable space with the use of well-chosen outdoor accessories. These products are more than simply the standard chairs or patios. They can include space to hold livestock, landscaping items which make a real impression on visitors, or even up-market tables and chairs that perform more than one function. Having the ability to use these accessories from the garden allows homeowners to change their garden from the boring and restricted space into one that is at one's heart of the house, knowning that can be used throughout every season. 

1) Landscape accessories
In case you decide that what the garden really needs is texture - more hills or hollows rather than just a straight, flat piece of grass, then landscaping accessories may be your first choice. With these items in the garden, it is possible to make rockeries which lift the soil level, or carefully mark out a curving path between flowerbeds that creates the garden seem larger than it turns out to be. These are a way of making sure that your garden looks as though it has more to make available, blending mystery and eye-catching circumstances to create a whole new look to the backyard. 

2) Seating and Shade
An unusual number of gardens lack accessories, for example chairs, benches or gazebos. Because of this, they have nowhere for people to sit, as well as to shelter during rain. Pergolas is one way to ensure that people stay dry, but gazebos could also have seating attached, which produce a place of rest and shade. Canopy Replacement Top  gazebo replacement covers are really easy to find, and the right one can complement a garden, or other features, making sure that it looks great in your outdoor space. 

3) Drinking and eating
One thing which most gardens really should have as a matter of course is a table. These are generally vital not merely for parties, and also to allow visitors to enjoy their gardens when they like. Tables can be purchased in a variety of styles, including some which have canopies in the middle, and others which may be used as barbecues by removing a central panel. They can also be used to store drinks and glasses within a party, helping guests to advance more freely around the garden. 

4) Cooking and Planting
One important thing which a lot of people enjoy having inside their garden is often a barbecue. Modern styles include those which can be changed into firepits. These allow the home owner to incorporate an extra kitchen for their house, and tend to be valued in the summertime, when the sunshine encourages website visitors to cook their food while on an open flame. It is just a good idea to help keep metal items covered, including using gazebo replacement covers to protect the barbecue. Together with cooking accessories, keen gardeners might also be prepared to consider growing their own vegetables. It is a useful money-saving exercise, and home-grown crops such as cucumbers, tomatoes and peas always taste as good as shop-bought produce. 

5) Keep Animals
Everybody is turning to self-sufficiency to prevent paying extortionate supermarket prices, and keeping animals is one way to cut back on what you have to buy. For most animal keepers, hens will be the perfect starting point. A good idea is provide the birds with some shade by installing a gazebo, which may be easily installed by purchasing gazebo replacement covers from yescomusa.

CHILDREN'S CHOICE: The Earthworm Book & CD When its time to read a good book, she chooses The Earthworm Book and wants her Mom (who I know actually has a beautiful voice) to learn to sing the Earthworm Song! Get yours today!
Buy The Earthworm Book & CD on Amazon.com

*Special* The Earthworm Book & CD SALE $15 Extended

Priced to move the last few copies of this edition. A valuable and unique teaching tool for all ages!

The Coast News: Children's author talks earthworms

ENCINITAS — Author Alicia Previn has penned and illustrated two children’s books in recent years with very different focuses. 

Her first, “The Earthworm Book,” illuminates the importance of the soil-dwellers. This year, she released “The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise” — a book that explores what it means to be sustainable in light of the burgeoning green industry in the Mojave Desert.

http://thecoastnews.com/2013/07/childrens-author-talks-earthworms/

Film explores effects of solar projects on Native American life

Film explores effects of solar projects on Native American life

Meet "Your Name Here" Worm Enthusiast

Unfortunately you can no longer see this video: Meet Xxxxxx the Earthworm Enthusiast! It was posted without his parent's knowledge so they have removed it. The Earthworm Book author would like all of you kids out there see how much fun, learning and entertainment worms can bring. Build your own bin with my book--I am CALLING all Children ages 0-12 years to make your own worm enthusiast video or post your comments and I will give you a FREE BOOK/CD

Build your own bin with my book and audiobook/song CD on Amazon and at: 
Earthworm Friends We Care!

VICTORY for TORTOISES Desert Solar Project Cancelled in CA.

We must defend our endangered Tortoises and other wildlife as well as plant life in our amazing deserts. What appears as "green" is not always what it seems! Solar panel projects need to be placed in the right areas then we will cheer them on!  Calico Solar Project Cancelled

Today 5/30 at San Diego Botanical Gardens WORM FUN!

Today Thursday 5.30.2013 at San Diego Botanical Gardens in Encinitas formerly known as Quail Gardens: The Worm Lady, aka Alicia Previn author and illustrator of The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise AND www.TheEarthwormbook.com participating in a fun children's activity where you can explore and touch worms, learn about them, crafts and fun. 4:30pm-7pm

Gardening Products for you...

Welcome to a new addition to EARTHWORM Art Room's blogs: Garden PRODUCTS
We will be posting information and pictures of handy products and articles for gardening and growing! 

Supporting My Son's New Hobby

I’m nothing if not a fan of innovation and trying new things, I always take the side of trying something new, venturing along new paths.  My son told me he wanted to start a garden inside because he was getting into cooking.  He wanted to grow parsley, sage, rosemary, even thyme; I thought him quite an ambitious young lad.  I always like to encourage my son in his new projects so I decided to help him out with his new indoor garden.  Now, I made him do all the research to figure out what he needed, but I helped him finding a good deal on the stuff.  We needed a bunch of led grow lights of course to simulate sunshine.  Also, these ones are really low energy which of course saves money.  Also they last a long time.  You can never really have too many especially if they are top quality grow lights because you need different colors for different types of seedlings and at different stages of their growth.  You may think all lights would be the same because heck, there’s only one sun, but remember, you’re in a world without sun when you’re doing indoor growing so you might as well keep all those prejudices back in whatever town you’re from.  If you have any questions about what’s available, we did all our shopping at http://www.thelashop.com/ and their selection really helped us figure out what we needed. It’s not just light, it’s all the wiring and the ballasts and reflective grow tents. It’s kind of expensive at the end of the day, and you might think I should just go to Jons or Vons and get some dried spices that others have already grown and while yes that would be more cost effective this is way better and more delicious.  Making a lasagna with ingredients your grew yourself, in the basement, is an invaluable experience and also it gives the grower, my son, an exceptional sense of accomplishment, which of course it is.


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Listen to My Interview Tonight on 760kfmb.com, AM Radio 760 at 10:30pm and XM Radio 

Tune into THE BRETT WINTERBLE SHOW (9pm-12am Monday through Friday)                           Listen to my interview with THE BRETT WINTERBLE SHOW                                         Listen to my interview with him about the way THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF WALTER TORTOISE came about. We talk about renewable energy, the Native Americans, desert animals and saving our desert ecosystem, among other things!

This is the hot subject that my new children's book "The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise" is based on, said in a gentle way through the eyes of the desert animals with good values for children of all ages to learn. Chris Clarke is an environmental journalist for KCET ReWire. 
http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/solar/filmmaker-blm-lax-on-native-consultation-over-solar-projects.html#more

New Children's Book Coming Soon

Just uploaded my new children’s book files “The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise” for printing with Lightning Source, an Ingram Company with international distribution. So excited! Out Feb11th to the public. Mixed media illustrations with desert animal characters set within real photos of the desert. Advocacy for the desert and proper ethical protective placement of solar panels; saving the ancient sites, the animals and saving energy guides.
A Tortoise Brand Book  by Lovely Previn Publications