What’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 20 2025

Good morning, blog readers. Got a busy weekend here; after I finish today’s blog post, I’m heading over to help my girlfriend plant late-autumn mums in her garden. Tomorrow I’m heading to the Big E to find out how my photos and latched hook rug did in competition. But before I do anything of the sort … it’s time to share this week’s blogroll of great writers, photographers and thinkers.

• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • The Emptywheel blog, “Lawsuit Alleges that Laura Loomer Illegally Got Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prosecutor Fired.”
  • Molly White’s “Citation Needed,” “Prediction markets are booming. Oversight is barely there.”
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Sage Won’t Save The World Now.”
• BLOGS FOR WHAT USED TO BE ON LATE NIGHTS ON ABC
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “Another Step Away From Democracy: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Canceled.”
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “Now comes the backlash: Even Republicans are pushing back at the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.”
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, ““Kill them,” Kimmel.”
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “How Difficult Can It Be…“
  • The Capital District Fun blog, “Mexico! Puerto Escondido.”
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “American Police Hall of Fame Museum.”
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways, “Ice Meadows, Late Summer.”
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “Flip phone power!“
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “It’s noisy here.“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The B&S About Movies blog, “Hunk (1987).”
  • The Saturday Morning Archives, “That time Peter Pan tried a live-action mascot (1972).”
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Five By Five Books #17: “The Space Trilogy” (1938-1945), by C.S. Lewis.”
  • The Phoenix Desertsong blog, “How Writing a Business Proposal is Usually a Trap.”
  • Sarah Watkins in the Pine Hills Review, “The Five-Year Anniversary of the Tornado That Took Down Turtle Creek”
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • RIP Baseball, “Davey Johnson (1943-2025).”
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates.”
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “Tears Are For The Jealous Heart.”
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!” site, “How To Be Ambitiously Lazy!“
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal portal, “A Sense Of Purpose. Forget The News. Give Somebody A Hand. Messages To Read. Let’s Out Nice Them. It’s Easy.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!