Jeannette / Outside Looking In

Jeannette (jeanno43 on AOL) is having a struggle getting back in touch with our blogs, as Blogger has changed. She has asked me to help, but I'm about to go off-line for 10 days, and wouldn't like to keep her waiting that long. Can someone get in touch to assist?
Thanks.

Barbara / Life & Faith in Caneyhead

Barbara tells the story how she lost her horse Precious to equine West Nile encephalitis, an mosquito-borne infection of the brain. It proved impossible to get hold of a vet in time to save the animal, with costs spiraling out of Barbara's family budget. Please call round.

Indigo / Shattered prose

Indigo has posted to tell us that she has suddenly lost her faithful canine companion Pickles to leukaemia. Please call round.

Jeannette / Outside looking in

Jeannette (jeanno43 on AOL) has posted on her blog for the first time in 7 months. Please call round to welcome her back; sounds like she has been through a difficult spell.

Mik / Diary of Rock-n-Roll Men

Mik has posted the devastating news that his sister Lou passed away on Thursday morning after a heart-attack. Please call round.

Dr Smak

Dr Smak, who lost her child Henry to cancer a few years ago, has now welcomed baby E. into her family. Please call round to congratulate.

David / Sunshine CO notes

David is giving voice to his distress, having lost his home, possessions and village in the catastrophic wildfires of October 2010. He has had to leave his faithful dog, Milo, with a villager who did not lose his house and misses him too. Please call round.

Antonella / Living abroad

Antonella has published a poem on her blog, in memory of her uncle who passed away today (Nov. 30th). Please call round.

Mik / Diary of Rock-n-Roll Men

Mik is reporting that his sister Lou is fading in and out of consciousness, being quite seriously ill. Please call round.

Remembering those that have gone on ahead

One Girl's Head Noise (UK) - Pam, RIP 16 April 2006
There are no Sundays - Jim, RIP April 2007
The Diatom Project - Walt, RIP 27 April 2007
Pennie's Pieces of Ohio - Penny, RIP 1 October 2007
My Reason for Reasoning - Barbara, RIP 20 November 2007
Lahoma's Laments - Lahoma, RIP 25 December 2007
I shaved my legs for this??? - Kim, RIP 26 December 2007
Meet me at the Breakfast Table - Rene, RIP 25 February 2008
Sylvia Boiling, RIP 2 May 2008
Dribble by Chuck Ferris - Chuck, RIP 1 July 2008
Lori's Love Tribe - Lori, RIP 22 November 2009
A journey of another kind, Jane, RIP 30 May 2010 
Just Plain Bill, Bill, RIP 28 November 2010
Daria, RIP 22 January 2011
Angie Marshall, RIP 30 January 2011
Lori Johnson, RIP 16 February 2011
Alvia Meekins, RIP 11 April 2011
Rebecca Robertson, formerly as Journeyzpath (Summer 2011)
Say it Baldy, Sam Shafer, RIP 29 June 2011
Gypsypaths, Carol Martinez, RIP 28 September 2011

Judith Heartsong

Judith is celebrating the 9th anniversary of the day that she broke away from her old life, and started a new life in Maryland. Please call round to congratulate.

Carol Martinez / Gypsy Paths

It is with deep sadness that I have to report the death of fellow blogger Carol Jeanne Martinez (Carolhehe on AOL) who used to write Gypsy Paths. A year ago last August, she reported that she had been diagnosed with cancer, but the problems started as early as 2009. Chemotherapy was to no avail in the end, and Carol passed away peacefully at home on 28 September 2011, at the comparatively early age of 60. Carol was buried ten days later. A motorcycle procession was held in her honour to Plymouth WA, before her interment. Further details in her local paper (from where I link the portrait, left).

Carol, you fought valiantly against an intractable foe. I am pleased you are now beyond pain and suffering, but hope those that are left behind will be given the strength needed to cope with your loss.

Liz / Visual Counterpoint

Liz has resumed blogging on her journal Visual Counterpoint, although she has had to change the URL. I have flagged up Liz before. She is in an extremely fragile state of mind at the best of times, so I ask for the utmost delicacy in dealing with her.

Can Anyone Help?

Due to things going on in my life, I completely missed the Anniversary of my blog last month. Is there anyone out there able to do graphics who could make me a graphic for my sidebar.

It has to be the right size to fit and it only needs to say " 7 Years Blogging" or "Seven Years Blogging".

I would be so grateful. Perhaps someone could also pass this request on to Facebook as I know many bloggers have now made their homes there. Thank you.

Aileen / Wishful Thinking

I have only just discovered Aileen's blog, which details her battle against mouth cancer (a particularly nasty form of cancer) and other, multiple, health problems. Please call round to offer support.

Jeannette / Outside looking in

Jeannette has made a posting on her blog, and it looks as if she needs a lot of support. Please call round.

Housekeeping message

I have altered the arrangements for posting on this blog. The same people who used to have permissions to post (Jeannette, Yasmin and myself) still have permissions, but in order to minimise spam and other garbage, I have removed links to blogs. This blog is not very much used these days, following the move to Facebook.

Talking of which, I have removed the link to the Call for Support Facebook group, as the settings for that have been changed to Secret. Anyone wishing to join will have to come through Morton Lake, Tawnya E Gregory or myself. The Kontactr button in the sidebar links to my email address.

I apologise for centralising this on myself.

Rebecca Robertson / Journeyzpath

Rebecca Robertson, known to us in J-land as journeyzpath, has passed away after a battle with breast cancer. I have been unable to track down her old AOL journal, and have found only snippets of old comments on other people's blogs. I believe she discontinued her blog at the time of the Jland break-up in 2008, and has taken herself off Facebook a while ago. Not everybody is prepared or able to record the progression of a serious disease like breast cancer on the Internet.

Rebecca was a life-coach and I remember her blog as being along those lines. I am genuinely sad to hear of her death, as she was a good soul. Her star has now set below the horizon of life, but her pain and suffering at least are at an end.

Apologies

Yesterday, I posted about the death of a J-lander - who appears to be very much alive and well.
I apologise to you all for this very poor piece of research on my part, and for any distress caused.

I am still chasing up the correct identity of the Becky who died of breast cancer earlier this week, and would like to ask you to keep in thoughts or prayer the friends and family of this lady.

Alvia / ADM Designs

Donna has kindly alerted me to the sad news that Alvia Meekins Jr passed away on 11 April last at the age of only 46. Up until last Christmas, he made tags and published them on this blog ADM Designs. An In Memoriam has been published in various locations on the Internet, including here. Feel free to leave your tributes there, or whichever place you feel appropriate.