Squid Angel

Squid Angel : Blessings to YOU! What it meant to be a Squidoo Squid Angel : Blessings to YOU, my dear! Ah, angels! There are heavenly angels. And, now there are Squidoo SquidAngels ... down to earth angels. This is the first instance on Squidoo that I have actually written about my Catholic upbringing in Cleveland, Ohio, and what an impact it had on my spiritual being. You see, it was the nuns and priests that I encountered in elementary and grade school who instilled in me strong Christian beliefs, particularly in Heaven and in Angels! Yes I believe in Heaven and I believe in Angels! It is just part of leading a Spiritual Life, you know?

Then, after my grandparents all passed on it was in Lily Dale, a spiritualist community in Chautauqua County, NY that I had my first spiritual reading. At that time, I was told that there were auras around me of two women; i.e. my grandmothers. They were likened to my particular guardian angels.

Since my early days of schooling to today, I have had a deep spiritual appreciation for angels. I was once again honored to be an active Squid Angel, flapping my heavenly angel wings from October 13, 2009 to January 3, 2010. I was a SquidAngel Emeritus of two separate terms totaling 8.3 months, until I returned to active squid angel duty on March 5, 2012. My first term at Squid Angeling was a double-header, two terms rolled into one, lasting for nearly 6 straight months. It is really something to see how many lensmasters have actually participated in the SquidAngel program at Squidoo. And, how many lensmasters now actually believe in angels too!

You know, being a Squidoo Squid Angel has been a very meaningful and remarkable experience for me -- something I have taken most seriously. An angel in the true spirit and meaning of the word angel. I have opted to serve again as a Squidoo Squid Angel as I take THAT JOB quite seriously, you know? So, if you are tapped to be a Squidoo Squid Angel, wear those wings proudly as you perform your heavenly duties on earth. Show some humility too; be true to yourself. Be the best that you can be.

Image Credit: "Blessings to You! from Squid Angel JaguarJulie" ~ Angel Wings and Halo credit tagsforkids!

Do YOU Believe in Angels?
There are all kinds of angels who impact our daily lives! So which of these angels do YOU believe in?

1. Heavenly angels
2. Guardian angels
3. Squid angels
4. Dark angels
5. My significant other is an angel
6. None of the above

Angel Blessings to YOU!

What a remarkably reflective and inspiring angel! This angel monument pretty accurately captures my feelings as I reflect on what all it has meant to be a Squid Angel. Although I have retired my angel wings, I hope to be returning soon. In the meantime, be on the look out for other Squid Angels who may grace your lens(es) with their special blessings of angel dust!

Photo Credit: Floating Imitations spotted this 'angel of the morning' in a cemetery in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.

Jaguar Julie Squid Angel Wordle

Rather an interesting way of looking at Squid Angels ... up close and personal you know. Blessings to YOU, my dear!~ Jaguar Julie Squid Angel Wordle

Do You Believe?

We count ourselves blessed when we have been touched by an angel. Angels can exist in heaven and on earth. If you have been touched by an angel, I'd love to hear your story!

What types of Squid Angels WERE there? 

Squid Angels as Hoverers!

1. To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air: gulls hovering over the waves or angels hovering over Squidoo lenses!
2. To remain or linger in or near a place: hovering around the speaker’s podium.
3. To remain in an uncertain state; waver: hovered between anger and remorse.

As you can probably guess, I go for definition #1! And, being new in my role as a Squid Angel, for my first go-around, I described myself as a ‘hoverer.’ It also comes from my Marketing background and strong need for analytical research. You see, I don’t like to jump to any conclusions but require lots of data and lots of research.

It’s after I acquire plenty of empirical research — look at lots of lenses — that I feel empowered to bless them! No willy nilly, mindless blessings. No tit-for-tat, reciprocal types of blessings. No special group of angels working in a block. Just one solitary squid angel blessing one at a time, worthy lenses.

Here’s such a ‘hovering’ Squid Angel … it’s really ME when I was hard at work as a Squid Angel oh so long ago.

Squid Angels as Buglers!

1. Music: To sound a bugle.
2. To give forth a deep, prolonged sound similar to the bay of a hound.

There are some Squid Angels who will announce their visits and their blessings. Alrightee, I will confess that I have sounded the bugle a couple of times, but I must admit that I found some lenses which warranted a bugle blast!

Squid Angels are Humble!!

MOST, Squid Angels are humble! They understand humility. I'm blonde, but I am humble too! Blessings to you, my dear!

I have only included this one definition, but personally like what it says:

1. Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.

To have been honored with the responsibility of a Squid Angel, means that these select few members have the powers to bless those lenses which are indeed worthy of blessing.

A Hip Squid Angel

Imagine this fashionable and very hip Squid Angel flying in to bless one of YOUR lenses!

1. Yes, we're considering a way to let lensmasters know when their lenses have been blessed or dinged. Right now they don't know unless an Angel tells them. Angels are free to communicate that (or not) in whatever way is most comfortable for them.
2. Every Squid Angel makes a difference. If one Angel blesses a lens, the lens gets a small boost. If several Angels bless it, the boost jumps to a new tier.
3. The idea is not to form a jury and drive a traditional consensus. That would be an entirely different program. Instead, the idea is to empower you as individuals.
4. The Angels group is varied, by design, and I'm betting you'll each browse and bless (or ding) different lenses in a broad range of topics. Then, when diverse opinions from top lensmasters converge naturally in the same place, that's when something really special happens.
5. Angels are not required to give editorial reviews of lenses that are posted in the Angels forum. But if they'd like to, they can.
6. Nope, Angels won't ding lenses that are still under construction.
7. Nope, LensRank doesn't affect your Google traffic or other search engine results.
8. Yep, Angels are allowed to bless a few (not all!) of their own lenses. Hey, they're working hard for everyone else, they deserve the same perk.
9. The coolest thing I've heard today is that Angels are doing so much more than blessing lenses... they're also adding those lenses to StumbleUpon, Delicious, rating them, etc.

Some Squid Angel Blessing Buzzwords

1. Compelling Read
2. Quality Content
3. Originality
4. Uniqueness
5. Great Story
6. Great Composition
7. Zero Spam Index
8. General Audience

AB+ = Blessings to YOU my dear!

What's that mean? Well, AB+ really IS my blood type, but more importantly it means I've left you an "Angel Blessing" + 5 stars > now a big SquidLike!

Victorias Secret Angel with Wings

 A Sad Angel of Grief

This beautifully touching photo evokes such a deep level of emotion. The level of grief is palpable. Photo Credit: FeX.

Squid Angel Retired

JaguarJulie is a Squid Angel Emeritus. I served a third term from 10/13/09-01/03/10. That's a total of 8.3 months of Squid Angel meaningful service oh so long ago. I returned to active Squid Angel duty on 03/05/12 and served approximately a one year term before the Squid Angel program was retired.

Lend me an ear, kind soul ... 

Blessings to you my dear! Always a Squid Angel "at heart" willing to lend a kind ear! Having a rough day? Needing to vent? OK, I don't do confessions nor can I forgive you, but I certainly can lend you my ear! Tell me about it .

History: Squid Angel : Blessings to YOU! was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on March 12, 2008. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #56 overall. This was a top lens with 27 days on the Top 100 list. Lens #311 in the quest for Giant Squid 400 Club.

Touched by an Angel

Being touched by an angel in your daily life can be absolutely heavenly! You can count yourself blessed if you have been touched by an angel. There are heavenly angels and then there are earthly angels. From my earliest days in Catholic school I first learned about Heaven and heavenly angels. That set the stage for my journey through a spiritual life.

How appropriate that I settled into the "friendly community" of Squidoo which has put me in touch with earthly angels better known as Squid Angels.

It was a distinct honor and privilege to serve the Squidoo community in the positive role of Squid Angel for two separate terms totaling 8.3 months of "angelic" humble service. Did you know that I returned to Squid Angel active duty on March 5, 2012? Yes, now you may be touched by a squid angel :: me!

Once upon a time, there were a handful of squid angels. You could find those squid angels flying here and there worldwide.

Thanks to the power of Squidoo, you too got to see angels, squid angels, in your daily life. Let's take a moment to stop and reflect on all that angelic activity once upon a time. Blessings to you my dear!

Photo Credit: Detail of the Sistine Madonna, c.1514 Art Print by Raphael

Have YOU Been Touched by an Angel?
Please take a moment to cast thy vote! Have you been blessed by an angel?

• I am touched by an angel daily!
• I have been touched by a heavenly angel.
• I have been touched by a Squid Angel no less!
• I was a Squid Angel and have been touched.
• I am agnostic and do not believe in angels.

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." -- The Bible


An Angel Poem
Someone is Calling YOU an Angel by Henry Rollins - With a slight edit to suit our angelic audience

Somewhere someone is thinking of you.
Someone is calling you an angel.
This person is using celestial colors to paint your image.
Someone is making you into a  vision

So beautiful that it can only live in the mind.
Someone is thinking of the way your breath
Escapes your lips when you are touched.
How your eyes close and your jaw tightens with concentration
As you give pleasure a home.

These thoughts are saving a life somewhere right now.
Someone is calling out to you silently and

You are answering without even being there.
So crystalline. So pure.
Such life saving power when you smile.
You will never know how you have cauterized my wounds.
So sad that we will never touch.
How it hurts me to know that I will never
Be able to give you everything I have.
–by Henry Rollins

"Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared." --The Bible

Touched by an Angel -- Heavenly Poetry by Maya Angelou
Such a heavenly angel poem along with a reading!

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love’s light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
–by Maya Angelou

Reach For the Stars!

I will walk with you … believe you me, I will walk with you!

Blessings to YOU my dear!
I consider myself blessed each and every day. I believe my grandmother Julia Nagy is there by my side as a heavenly angel, guiding me in my daily journey on this earth! Have you been touched by an angel? I know we were often blessed by squid angels on the platform Squidoo. But, what about out there in life?

History: Touched by an Angel : Heavenly! was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on October 6, 2009. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #9,432 overall. Lens #504 in the quest for Giant Squid 600 Club.

Christmas Angels

Celebrating Christmas Angels Art Posters, Figurines, Ornaments, Tree Toppers and Heavenly Nativity Angels! We are blessed with angels.

Thank Heaven for Christmas Angels * Art Posters, Figurines, Ornaments, Tree Toppers and Nativity Angels to brighten your Christmas! How this time of year can evoke the memories to last a lifetime.

Christmas Angels have been a part of the Christmas tradition for many years.

If you are looking for some great gifts, why not consider Christmas Angels? You can find them in heavenly art posters for your walls, figurines for your tabletops, and as ornaments and tree toppers for your Christmas tree!

I have found some heavenly angels for your gift giving. Merry Christmas Everyone! Come, take a Christmas Angels stroll.

Delightful Seasonal Image Credit: Christmas Stroll!

Please take our heavenly poll.
Ah, so many angels to consider! Do You Believe in Angels?

• Yes, indeed! I believe in all kinds of angels including Christmas Angels!
• I believe in heavenly and guardian angels.
• I believe in earthly angels.
• Alas, but I do not believe in angels.

Mannheim Steamroller - The Christmas Angel: A Story on Ice This is a 1998 Christmas album by the band Mannheim Steamroller, their fifth Christmas album released. The soundtrack accompanied by the narration of Chip Davis and Olivia Newton-John reveals the story of a decorative angel that is stolen from the top of a Christmas tree by a villain called the Gargon.

The toys under the tree will not become presents until the angel is found. With the toys' help, a young mother defeats the Gargon and Christmas is saved. The story was then turned into an figure skating production starring Dorothy Hamill as the mother, Elvis Stojko as the Gargon, and Tonia Kwiatkowski as the Angel.read the rest of the Wikipedia article

This tale of good versus evil takes place in a magical land where toys come to life and evil is transformed into good. What makes The Christmas Angel especially entertaining is the combination of graceful skating by such well-known talents as Dorothy Hamill and Elvis Stojko and the emotive music of Mannheim Steamroller.

The story tells of an evil gargoyle named Gargon (Stojko) who steals the Christmas angel (Tonia Kwiatkowski) from atop a snowy village's Christmas tree, thereby preventing the arrival of Christmas. A young mother (Hamill), along with a host of toys-come-to-life, follows Gargon into the dark otherworld in an attempt to rescue the stolen angel. In the end, the angel is freed along with a host of lost souls and Christmas is saved.

We think of angels at Christmas because angels delivered the news of the birth of the Christ child.

Heavenly Christmas angel, Gabriel, was God’s messenger to Mary revealing that she was chosen to bear God’s son. Another heavenly angel told Joseph that he would marry Mary and care for the Christ child.

A small group of tiny ‘newbie’ angels, were chosen by God to watch over Joseph and Mary on their journey to Bethlehem. Perhaps because they were ‘newbie’ Christmas angels, they could find no shelter in the crowded inn, but found room in the inn’s stable.

In addition to the Christmas tree, ornaments, and lighting, Christmas Angels are a necessity in our household. I'm particularly fond of the Willow Tree line of angels. Are Christmas Angels a necessity for your holiday tradition?

Willow Tree Angel Figurines

Ah, talk about a delightful angel. This beautiful figurine sits on my bedroom dresser right in the middle in front of the mirror so that I can see its reflection.

It is the Willow Tree Happiness angel figurine.

I love how the angel has her arms spread out wide in such a friendly gesture.

The blue birds of happiness have dropped by.

My favorite Willow Tree figurine!

Angels can be found in Christmas Nativity Sets too!

The Willow Tree line of Christmas Nativity Sets by Susan Lordi is a personal favorite!

Willow Tree is an intimate, personal line of angels, figurines, ornaments and keepsake boxes representing qualities and sentiments that make us feel close to others, heal wounds, or treasure relationships to living things. The name Willow Tree symbolizes that which is gestural, beckoning and romantic.

The figures are columnar in design, like a tree, and often carry flora or fauna symbolic of human virtues or qualities. The angels are rendered so as to reveal their expressions through body gestures only a tilt of the head, placement of the hands, a turn of the body.

The absence of facial features contributes to the quiet and modest design. Emotions and feelings are left to the viewer to discern, which makes them very personal and powerful. Susan Lordi’s inspiration comes from a love of family, closeness to friends, and an appreciation of nature. Her art is intimate and personal, reflecting that which helps us treasure our relationship to people and the world around us.

Ah, Angels! May your Christmas be Blessed!
I hope you enjoyed your visit and that you do have a very Merry Christmas. Did you find a Christmas Angel that interests you? Which of the angels is your favorite? Blessing to YOU, My Dear -- From Squid Angel Emeritus Jaguar Julie.

History: Christmas Angels : Art Posters, Figurines, Ornaments, Tree Toppers and Heavenly Nativity Angels was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on December 3, 2008. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #453 overall. Lens #394 in the quest for Giant Squid 400 Club.

The Art of Angels

Celebrating The Art of Angels - It's heavenly art! There are angels on earth, heavenly angels and formerly some squid angels. There are angels in art and that is why we celebrate the art of angels. Art can be found all around us.

Photo Credit: Air de Printemps by Elvira Amrhein.

As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there is beauty in the art of angels. I have personally had a high regard for angels dating back to my grade school days when I attended Our Lady of Angels Catholic school in Cleveland, Ohio. My schooling instilled a deep spiritual belief in angels and in heaven. And, my schooling instilled in me a deep sense of humility.

So glad you stopped by my artsy page where you can find some beautiful angel posters and items! A couple of favorite angel artists are William Adolphe Bouguereau and Elvira Amrhein.

You know I was a Squidoo Squid Angel once upon a time or two and it meant the world to me! So, you already know that I do believe in angels. Blessings to YOU my dear! Thanks for dropping by today. I hope you enjoy this artful page.

So, do you sincerely believe in angels? Which?

• Heavenly angels.
• Guardian angels.
• Squid angels.
• Earthly angels.
• More than one of the above.
• Alas, I do not believe in angels. 

Why I created this page.
All those years ago when I attended Catholic School on the Westside of Cleveland, Ohio, I literally had no idea that I would be writing about art topics and about heavenly beings.

It's important to know that I was an impressionable child. Having nuns as teachers can be quite something to a child's fresh mind.

You know, in second grade I remember that nun, Sister Mary Francis. Gosh, we had a failure to communicate I think. Looking back at her notes on the backside of my report card, I was concerned. Here it is all these years in the future and I am thinking about that nun! Can you believe? I was misunderstood in second grade.

I remember that nun hitting my knuckles with a ruler in front of the class. And, those times she made me wipe the chalk board. I wonder if she has found my artsy page on angels?

THE ART OF ANGELS:

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and perhaps found inspiration in the art of angels. Have you been touched by an angel? Do you believe in angels? Thank you to my special London guardian angel who watches over me daily!

History:  The Art of Angels was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on October 15, 2009. On September 27, 2010 this lens earned the Squidoo Purple Star Award for quality content. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #456 overall. Lens #516 in the quest for Giant Squid 600 Club.