What’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 2 2025

Hi everybody, by the time you read this blog, I’ll be on the road to Syracuse with my entries for the New York State Fair’s photography and arts & crafts competitions. Yep, nothing like a 2 1/2 hour drive to Syracuse and back. Fun stuff.

So while I’m doing that, why don’t you check out this week’s blogroll recap?

• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • The Emptywheel portal, “Breaking: Right Wingers Believe Jim Comey Therw the 2016 Election for Trump and Jim Jordan Must Go to Jail.“
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “Donald Trump campaigned on releasing files on Jeffrey Epstein, but now, he won’t, and he’s up to his usual tricks.“
• BLOGS FOR SELF-HELP
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!”, “Celebrating 500 Episodes of the Audacious Living Podcast.“
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “The State of Washington.“
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Tolkien About the Trent.“
  • Silvia Lilly’s blog, “Shutting the door on society: A visit to Emily Dickinson’s home.“
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “Back in my Blackjack!“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “I’ll Never Leave You Out In The Cold.“
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Early Morning Paddle Board!“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “2023 Step-on Tour.“
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “My Birthday Coming Up. I’m More Than Ready To Be 78. My Life Is Really Just Getting Underway. Talk To The Flowers. They Listen.“
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • The Albany history blog “Hoxsie!”, “Ursula of Switzerland and the Ormsby Textile Mill.“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “1917 (2019).“
  • The B&S About Movies, “Satan Met a Lady (1936).“
  • The Saturday Morning Archives, “The Brady Bunch Meet the Saturday Superstars (1972).“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Molly White’s “Citation Needed,” “Curate your own newspaper with RSS.“
  • The Phoenix Desertsong blog, “Are Poems Reflections or Distortions of Life? (Or Are They Both?)“
  • Kevin Fisher in the Pine Hills Review, “Bloodless.“
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • RIP Baseball, “To Ryne Sandberg, With Love.“
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Two Years Since Dad Departed.“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “Benched Out.“
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “This week’s episode of Cabin Trips.“
  • Jon in Albany’s blog, “We built a firewood shed.“
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Health Report for the middle of 2025.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!