Have you heard of the Blogathon? It’s a 24-hour blogging marathon taking place next Saturday, July 25th. Hundreds of bloggers from around the world will be updating their blogs every thirty minutes from 6:00 a.m. PDT Saturday to 6:00 a.m. PDT Sunday for a charity of their choice.

Every year, there are tons of folks blogging for animal and pet charities. In the past I’ve blogged for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary as well as a local no-kill shelter, and though I’m not able to participate this year (I get to admin instead!) I wanted to spotlight a bunch of bloggers who …read more

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
The Great Blog Off at b5media celebrates the June 20th summer solstice.  Most participating blogs from the Lifestyles, Business, and Entertainment channels will post content once per hour for each hour of the day.  
However, some like Quilting and Patchwork , will be posting periodically.  At Home Biz Notes, another of my b5media blogs, we’ll be posting more frequently.  Some of the tips and information there will be particularly helpful to quilters and fabric artists who are operating home based businesses.
This is the first time since 1975 that the summer solstice hasn’t occurred on June 21. On this day, the daytime …read more