Best of our TU Community Blogs, December 12, 2013: Ten for Thursday

Back again with another ten blogs from the Times Union’s team of community and independent bloggers.  Read.  Re-read.  And enjoy.

This week’s collection includes:

1. Peter Bowden’s Gardening blog, “Yes Virginia there really is a Santa Claus.“
2. Walter Ayers’ “Faith in the Public Square” blog, “Senator Schumer and food stamps.“
3. Sonja Stark’s “Pilotgirl” blog, “Pig-Bladder Balls at a Texas Homestead.“
4. Stacey Morris’ health blog, “Surviving Christmas Party season with Chia Seed Pudding as My Accomplice.“
5. Chad Polenz in the “Beer Nut” blog, “What’s your Christmas beer of choice?“
6. Teri Conroy’s “Farmlife” blog, “That late night walk to the barn.“
7. Reyna Eisenstark’s “Collected Stories” blog, “Songs I like even more because of their titles.“
8. Brad Shear’s Mohawk Hudson Humane Society’s blog, “All I Want for Christmas is Dog Control Training.“
9. Deric Harrington in the comedy blog, “Breaking Down Frosty.“
10. Mike Y in the comicbooks blog, “How eventful are events?“

Again, a nice selection of great blog reading.  What are you waiting for?  CLICK ON THOSE LINKS!!