What’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 17 2026

Good morning, blog readers, just a quick recap before I go outside and do lots of stuff –

(opens door)

(sees snow outside)

(closes door)

Yeah, I’m staying inside and doing chores. 😀

But something that’s NOT a chore is taking care of the weekly recap of those wonderful people on my personal blogroll. So let’s get at it, shall we?

• BLOGS FOR THE FEDERATED WORLD
  • Elena Rossini’s blog, “A newbie’s guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 3: Let’s install NextCloud.”
• BLOGS FOR TASTE
  • Jon in Albany’s blog, “Swing and a miss.”
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “Blue Monday Approaches.”
  • I didn’t have my glasses on, “a bridge too far..”
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “My First Drone Test Flight.”
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Hang Up The Gloves!“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “At the extremity of life.”
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “The Man & The City (1971).”
  • The Saturday Morning Archives, “The World’s Fair Affair (Fantastic Voyage, 1968).”
  • The B&S About Movies, “Last Embrace (1979).”
• BLOGS FOR THE HEADPHONES
  • The Sad Clowns podcast, “Disenfranchised Grief.“
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!”, “Leading With Empathy: Building Resilient Leaders and Families With Olaolu Ogunyemi.”
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Karma Police.“
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “Say His Name: Efran Soltani.”
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Charlie Kirk was not MLK Jr..”
  • Silvia Lily’s “DelSo” blog, “It’s not just our politics that differ….”
  • The Emptywheel blog, “When Even the German Far-Right Thinks You’ve Gone Too Far . . ..”
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal blog, “How To Stay Grounded And Calm In A Frightening Time, Or More To Come. You Can Even Practice.”
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Barbara Shields in the Bel Esprit portal, “COCKTAILS.”
  • The Pine Hills Review, “In Her Ears, Still” by Juliet Way-Henthorne.
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • RIP Baseball, “Al Jurisich (1921-1981).”
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • The Capital District Fun blog, “Some Food, Some Goodbyes.”
  • Remember the Drive-In from Kanauga Kool, “Building Speaker Stands for Bluetooth Drive-In Movie Speakers.”
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “Have a Happier New Year.”

Have a great weekend, everybody!