Linda Martin, Author at North State Parent magazine

A MAGAZINE SERVING FAMILIES IN BUTTE, GLENN, SHASTA, SISKIYOU & TEHAMA COUNTIES SINCE 1993

Linda Martin

Linda Martin lives in rural Tehama County on land alongside a small walnut orchard with her husband and teen-aged daughter. She works for a charter school, homeschools her daughter, loves to stop and smell the roses or watch butterflies, prefers making things from scratch, and would stay up late every night reading mysteries if she could.

Author Archive

Beautiful Public Murals Revitalize Local Communities, Build Bridges

By Linda Martin | September 23, 2025

A vibrant new mural in Redding, “Bridges of Community,” is turning heads and inspiring minds. Local art teacher Lura Wilhelm won the commission to paint the mural for Shasta Community […]

Children’s Choir of Chico

By Linda Martin | November 29, 2023

The only thing better than singing is more singing,” said American Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. For Fitzgerald, singing was her way up from the hard place that she found herself […]

Resource parents open their home and hearts to a children in need.

What is a Resource Parent? – How to Open Your Home and Heart to Children in Need

By Linda Martin | September 8, 2023

Here in the North State, approximately 1,350 children are not able to remain in their own homes. The Department of Social Services matches these children with a resource family where […]

Selah and her mother, Linda Martin,
get in a fun game before lunch at Branch House Riverfront Bistro in Redding.

Ideas For Fun Times With Your Teen

By Linda Martin | May 25, 2023

Teens don’t often beckon parents to spend time with them. But your task as the parent of a teen is to create regular times, as well as special times, with […]