Attention Google Friend Connect Followers

If you follow me with Google Friend Connect, and do not have a google account, apparently after tomorrow you might not see my blog on your list.... Blogger is making some changes.. don't ask me why.. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" I say... (Blogger are you listening???)
I hope I don't lose too many followers with this silly change. I have noticed I have already lost a few over the last few weeks... I wasn't too concerned, but after seeing this notice on several other blogs this weekend, I thought I should post some thing too... Here's what Blogger is saying:

In 2011, we announced the retirement of Google Friend Connect for all non-Blogger sites. We made an exception for Blogger to give readers an easy way to follow blogs using a variety of accounts. Yet over time, we’ve seen that most people sign into Friend Connect with a Google Account. So, in an effort to streamline, in the next few weeks we’ll be making some changes that will eventually require readers to have a Google Account to sign into Friend Connect and follow blogs. 


As part of this plan, starting the week of January 11, we’ll remove the ability for people with Twitter, Yahoo, Orkut or other OpenId providers to sign in to Google Friend Connect and follow blogs. At the same time, we’ll remove non-Google Account profiles so you may see a decrease in your blog follower count.

We encourage you to tell affected readers (perhaps via a blog post), that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List, making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the blogs they follow.

We know how important followers are to all bloggers, but we believe this change will improve the experience for both you and your readers.

 So, if you don't have a google account, better get yourself one!!   :)  Thanks! Hope we'll continue to see each other here in Blogland...

Peace,
Linda

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies....

It's About Time...

Yes, it's about time for me to be back !! I thank you for being patient with me.. I have had an incredibly busy few months and I was having trouble "keeping all the balls in the air", so to speak. So blogging was the ball I had to drop for a bit. Not only have I been very busy, we have had an unbelievable string of family and friends ill, and/or dying. I won't burden you with the details, I'm sure you know that sometimes life just is difficult. We lost four people in about a week, one being a favourite aunt - diagnosed with a brain tumour one week and gone six days later. I sure miss her! Life (and death) happens... and you have to move on, but sometimes, it's not easy...
I've been busy with classes too, have taught five in the last month, three of those out of town, and I have four more coming up in the next few weeks. At the urging of some students, I have added a brief outline of upcoming classes to the sidebar at right. I will keep this updated, as time passes. I do teach classes locally at The Christmas Crab Quiltery which is located at 572  New Maryland Highway, just outside Fredericton. If you are interested in a class there, get in touch with JoAnne to sign up, or to add your name to a wait list. You can reach her at (506) 459-6180 during shop hours, Tues.- Fri. 10-5 and Sat. 10-3. New classes are added/scheduled on a regular basis.
I will be blogging more regularly now, so I hope you'll check back often. I have lots to share with you!
And thanks again for your patience! It feels good to be back!  :)

Peace,
Linda

"Not hard times. Just times. If life doesn't suck sometimes, it is hard to tell when life is being good to you." ~ Unknown

Helloooo

Hello! I'm back! Yes I am okay, not sick, not off travelling the world.. (I wish...) I've just been incredibly busy. Thank you to those of you who have contacted me with concerns for my wellbeing. I feel a little guilty, like I have abandonded you for over a month.. which I have, I guess... But sometimes "life" just takes over and something has to "give".... It's been a summer of ups and downs, but that's life isn't it? People get cancer, people die (too many funerals this summer), marriages end. Life goes on, but things are never quite the same...
Anyway, I figured I had better post something here before you all give up on me!! The next two weeks will continue to be very busy for me, but I will try to get back to more regular blogging very soon... I do have lots to share with you... some finished quilts, twins(!!), some book reviews, etc. etc. so I hope you'll continue to pop over and visit me here.

Peace,
Linda

"Time is a precious thing... and the years teach much which the days never knew."
~ Harvey Keitel as Weldon in Shadows of the Sun