What’s Up in the Neighborhood, February 15 2025

So we have a confluence of holidays at the moment. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, where we honor the patron saint of little candy hearts and last-minute trips to the grocery store to purchase the last wilted roses. This Monday is Presidents’ Day, where because the confluence of February-birthed presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and William Henry Harrison, we get a day off on the third Monday of the month (which, surprisingly, coincides with “Family Day” in Canada, where they don’t have Presidents, but they have lots of families).

And Sunday is another holiday, it’s celebrated in Florida and it’s called the Daytona 500. I used to celebrate Daytona 500 Day, but that was back when the celebrants included Ward Burton, Ricky Rudd, and Alan Kulwicki. You know … back in ancient times. When they raced Pontiacs and Buicks and Union 76 fuel and all that.

Damn, I’m old.

Well, while those holidays are celebrated, let’s celebrate the Saturday holiday – that being when I go through the blogroll and find the great articles by my wonderful bloggers and photographers.

• BLOGS FOR TASTE
  • The Saturday Morning Archive, “Remember Kraft Fudgies? (1971)“
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “A Winter Walk Around the Pond.“
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “Race Against Time as Cutting-Back Season Ends.“
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • Remember the Drive-In by Kanauga Kool, “Revisiting a Corvette Themed Drive-In Speaker Restoration with a Classic 1961 Corvette.“
• BLOGS FOR COURAGE
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “The Nine Word Problem.“
  • Molly White’s “[Citation Needed],” “The crypto industry’s debanking smokescreen.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “The Gods Were On My Side Today: The new (Used) SLR Mirrorless Leica Camera Is Here. So Are a Bunch of Yellow Callas.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “2019 Jeep tours, pt. IX.”
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Topsy Turvy!“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “Forgotten TV: The Muppets’ Valentine Special.“
  • The B&S About Movies, “Butter on the Latch (2013).“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Camile Valle in the Pine Hills Review, “Viva Zapata.“
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Five By Five Books #13: ‘The Sirens of Titan’ (1959), by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.“
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Crime on the Cut – Stoke-based short story published.“
  • The Phoenix Desertsong blog, “My First Novel FOR SALE! Tunes and Tails: Purrfectly Prejudiced.“
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “The Many Lives of Anne Frank book review.“
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • The RIP Baseball site, “Don Secrist (1944-2025).“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • Hoke’s Jukebox, “This guitar is for everybody!“
  • Emily Slatin’s blog, “It Came Without Warning.“
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!”, “Insights on Resilience and Rejection with Kate Dunn-Flynn.“
  • The Capital Region Fun blog, “Coping Mechanism: A Game I Play. You Can, Too.“
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “A Valentine’s Day Blog Post.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!