What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 23 2023

Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. It’s time for those last-minute gifts for that special somebody in your life. And before you fire up your Amazon Prime link … or before you trudge out to the shopping mall and fight everybody else for that last $200 flatscreen …

Take a moment and enjoy the great articles and blog posts and photos from my personal blogroll, if you please. Especially returning posts from Lazygal and James Edgar Skye, great to read both of you again.

• BLOGS FOR TASTE
  • Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins,” “Catskill waterfront restaurant closed after flooding.“
• BLOGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
  • The Capital District Fun blog, “Christmas 2023.“
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “The day before Christmas Eve.“
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “The Winter Solstice.“
  • The B&S About Movies blog, “Christmas with Jerks (2023).“
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Christmas Brotherhood.“
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “Countdown to Christmas: Chrissy the Christmas Mouse.“
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Merry Christmas!“
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal blog, “Color and Light. Christmas is Just Around the Corner.“
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Keep Portland Weird.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • C.S. Young Jr. Photography, “The Church of St. Stephens Gate.“
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “The Shortest Day.“
  • The Lonerist photo blog, “Shadows.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “Cowboy Christmas party, 2021.“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Lisa Mottolo in the Pine Hills Review, “I have a love-hate relationship with self-help books.“
  • Alexis Ryder’s “Stories I’ve Never Told,” “The Unasked Questions.“
  • James Edgar Skye’s blog, “Exploring the Importance of Dystopian Fantasy Fiction in Speculative Literature.“
  • Sara Flower Kjeldsen’s blog, “How many books did you read this year?“
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “The Ripped Bodice is an Amazing Bookstore.“
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “The Death of the future mayor.“
  • Tom Slatin’s blog, “It all started with a pair of Converse shoes.“
  • Lazygal’s “Killin’ Time Being Lazy,” “A Belated Post.“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Best Music Videos of 2023.“
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life” blog, “Claim Your Full Power featuring Vanessa Broers.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!