What’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 25 2022

I’m still blisteringly numb over this week’s s Supreme Court ruling. The fact that the Court basically said that a woman’s right to control her body must be left up to the states, but states could not rule on concealed-carry gun rights … just makes me sick.

And if you don’t think that abortion rights matter to you … wait until the Supreme Court reopens talks on same-sex marriage, or on the rights of trans men and women, or on a host of other hot-button issues. We’re getting to the point where The Handmaid’s Tale might be considered too liberal. As the comic strip Pogo once opined, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.”

Okay. Blog roll recap.

• BLOGS FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN TO CONTROL THEIR BODIES
  • Writergurlny’s blog, “It is a Sad Day in America; Roe v. Wade is no more.“
• BLOGS FOR TASTE
  • Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins,” “Fledgling Malta coffee bar planning coffee carhop service.“
  • Jerry Papandrea’s “DerryX” blog, “I found the NYC CHOPPED CHEESE in my area.“
  • Steve N’s “I Like Food,” “Neo-Neapolitan.“
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “Scenes from an Adirondack Lake.“
  • Silvia Lilly in the “DelSo” blog, “Confirmation.“
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Because Pride still matters.“
  • Fran Rossi Szpylczyn’s “There Will Be Bread” blog, “Leap!“
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life” blog, “Episode #123: My Authentic Transgender Journey Featuring Lee Hopkins.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • Sara Flower Kjeldsen’s blog, “Photography: May Sunsets in the City.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “Day Two on the trolley.“
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “No Pressure.“
  • The Lonerist photo blog, “Color Film #53: Graph.“
  • Marc Beebe’s ‘Wandering Words,” “A Beetle.“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • G. Jack Urso’s “Aeolus 13 Umbra” blog, “Participation Grade.“
  • Joseph Chaney in the Pine Hills Review, “Aftershocks.“
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “You Must Get This Book: Steve Pringle On The Fall.“
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,’ “On the Shelf: The Best Archie Comic ever? A misnomer.“
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Novel Launch – She’s Out There Somewhere.“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The B&S About Movies blog, “El Ataud del Vampiro (1958).“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • Roger Green’s ‘Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Formerly Muddled 1972 IBM memories.“
  • Alexis Ryder’s “Stories I’ve Never Told,” “The Aggression.“
  • The Brainchild blog, “Following Dreams.“
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “On the bright side, the mansion picnic was a big and happy hit.“
  • The Venn Librarian blog, “What summer vacation?“
  • Greg Thomas in the “Tune In to Leadership” blog, “Jazz and Business: A Key Connection.“

Have a good weekend, everyone. Except for you narrow-minded knuckle-dragging Supreme Court justices who want to drag this nation kicking and screaming back to the 1830’s. Ugh.