What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 6 2025

Good morning, blog readers, it’s time for another Saturday recap of the thoughts and blogs and photos of my personal blogroll. We’ve got some returning blogs, as well as some fresh content from our favorites. So let’s get right at it.

• BLOGS FOR TASTE
  • Jerry Papandrea’s “DerryX” blog, “Silly Snacks We Found in the Outer Banks (From the Beach House!).“
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Fox at the Castle.”
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “New Month – New Section.”
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “A Sunset Transformation!“
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “The deliciousness of Montreal.”
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • The Albany history blog “Hoxsie!”, “Over Cohoes Falls In A Barrel.”
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “Death Becomes Her (1992).”
  • The B&S About Movies, “When a Stranger Calls (1979).”
  • The Saturday Morning Archives,” “Good Will to Men (1955).”
• BLOGS FOR THE EARS
  • The Trivial Music Silliness platform, “Nostalgic Dip – 1977, Part Seven.”
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Best Albums of 2025.”
  • G. Jack Urso’s “Aeolus 13 Umbra” blog, “Didgeridoo Dreaming: Spiritual Music of the Australian Aboriginal.”
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Top Country Christmas Hits.”
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “Me And The Birds, The Gift Of Obsessions. Some Bird Portraits.”
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “More film cameras, shot on film.”
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Red Chairs.”
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • The Pine Hills Review, “One Bullet Left” by Corwin Ericson.
  • Joshua Wren in the “Bel Esprit” portal, “‘Tis the Season.”
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • The Emptywheel blog, “What’s Not Being Said about the Alleged Pipe Bomber.”
  • Molly White’s “[Citation Needed],” “Digital asset treasury companies are running out of steam.”
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “And another one bites the dust……...”
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • RIP Baseball, “Bill Pleis (1937-2025).”
• BLOGS FOR THE HEADPHONES
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!”, “Traveling Audaciously: Three Bold Lessons from My Travel Adventure!.”
  • The Sad Clowns podcast, “Seasonal Affective Disorder and Grief.“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “A Cozy Snowy Night in Troy.”
  • The Capital District Fun blog, “Getting a Tree at Ellms.”
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “On human hibernation.”
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “The Birth Certificate, The Contractor, And The Silence She Left Behind.”

Have a great weekend, everybody!