BLOGS & WEBSITES I read and recommend and I'm very discriminating:

*Blog sites are marked with an asterisk.*


Aquariums:

Aquaria Central - Great all-around forum

Reef Central - Best reef marine aquaria resource, but n.b. they don't suffer fools here. Think before you post!


Arts and Crafts:

Attic24 - Crochet and color.

Exuberant Color - Quilting inspiration.

Grace Beading - Great beading inspiration.

Marilyn Radzat - The most beautiful art dolls I've ever seen.

One Pretty Thing - Assorted Crafts

Quilting Bloggers - (directory)

Quilt Obsession - Another helpful quilting site.

Stone Leaf Moon - Handspun yarn and other yarn crafts.

Sweet Jessie - Beautiful craft photos and inspiration.

The Quilt Rat - Helpful quilting site.

The Sewing Divas - Sewing


General Blogs and Sites:

Cake Spy - The "dessert detective agency".

*Copy Blogger - THE site about blogging in general.

*Dave Barry's Blog - Self-explanatory.

Dictionary - Self-explanatory.

Digital Photography - Best site, great forum.

*Dooce - Heather Armstrong's famous blog. Hilarious.

Good Reads - Great site for reading book reviews.

Kakuro - Good site for playing online.

Let's Bounce Back - Great "feel-good" site for support and advice. Started by a childhood friend of mine

Medscape - Best website for serious medical journal articles. Free access with free registration.

Mom Versus Wild - Beautiful photos.

National Geographic News - Self-explanatory news.

Sudoku - Best site for playing online.

The Onion - Hilarious parody of news.

*The Pioneer Woman - Ree Drummond's famous blog. Heart-warming.

What Time Is It? - US Naval Observatory Master Clock.


Plants:

The Gesneriad Society - Great resource for African Violets and their relatives.

Gesneriad Mailing List Info Page - Great mailing list for African Violets and their relatives. I'm one of the Moderators.


Web Design:

Cityline Websites - Great Web/Blog Designer/Developer and Webmastering.

Duirwaigh - Beautiful and unusual design.

Marchand de Trucs - Beautiful and unusual design.


I'm always open to suggestions for great sites. I would love to find a good aquarium blog to follow--haven't found one yet--and other great plant sites/blogs. If I think it's really really good, I'll add it to my list here.