What’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 7 2025

Hey everybody, I’m taking a short break from my 40th college reunion so that I’m able to share the great blog posts and photos of those wonderful people who populate this blog’s blogroll. There’s a new blogger on the list, Sarah Rose Hellmuth, so I’d recommend you give her blog a lookover when you go through the list today. Thanks!

• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “From Plumbers to Carpenters.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Forgotten Names.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “Surprise Visit by Helicopters.“
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • Trivial Music Silliness, “Nostalgia Dip – Hits of 1976, part 3.“
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Tin for Ten.“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The Saturday Morning Archives, “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly (Get Your Adverbs Here) (1974).“
  • The B&S About Movies, “Il Ficconaso (1981).“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “‘Crucibles’ – One Week to Publication Day!“
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “Every Saturn Needs Its Space.“
  • Barbara Shields in the Bel Esprit portal, “L’ete Dernier.“
  • The Phoenix Desertsong blog, “Breathing Through Corrupted Lungs.“
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “A number of schools have given up Native American images & mascots, slowly, but surely. One Long Island district doesn’t want to, and guess who’s trying to help them?“
  • Molly White’s “[Citation Needed],” “All the President’s Tokens.“
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “Should we be banning transgender women from women’s sports?“
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” portal, “When it’s more than ‘just a scratch.’“
  • R.I.P. Baseball, “Mark Esser (1956-2025).“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “Morning In Bedlam. Storms And Rain. And Peace And Beauty Of Course.“
  • Sara Rose Wheeler’s “Mom Jeans and Meltdowns,” “Poop, Puke, and Pool Chairs: A Vacation Tale.“
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Things Left in Books.“
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “The B-Word License Plate.“
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “A YouTube Rant.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!