What’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 9 2025

Good morning, my wonderful blog family. It’s a busy day for me this morning; I have to drop off artwork at the Paint Cohoes Studio and Gallery; then I have to drop off my four entries for Altamont. Plus, I have to drop off an electronic piece for rewiring; and I have to drop off my empties for recycling – so when I say today is “Drop-Off Day,” I’m not blathering in hyperbole.

But before I drop off anything … it’s time to recap this week’s great blog posts and photographs and ideas. So let’s get to it.

• BLOGS FOR TASTE
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “Bacon Time.“
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Oregone.“
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Eccleshall.“
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “Blowing into the Windy City.“
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways, “Riverside Transformation!“
  • The Capital District Fun blog, “Shaker Heritage Site.“
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • Doc Circe Died For Our Sins, “The Paigeville Hotel: still here, sort of.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • Trivial Music Silliness, “Flatbed.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “Multi-car pileup 1.“
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Looking Back!“
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “Deer me.“
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “Photo Journal, Zip’s Morning. What A Joy To Give Him The Life He Was Meant To Live. Come And See.“
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “Tuesday’s Gone.“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The B&S About Movies, “Boxed In (1997).“
  • The Saturday Morning Archives, “The Lone Ranger Clowns Around (1954).“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • The Phoenix Desertsong blog, “Before You Become a Great Writer, You Must Write Badly.”
  • Merridawn Duckler in the Pine Hills Review, “On College.“
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • The Emptywheel portal, “The Russia Russia Russia Grievance Was Built Into Russian Attack from the Start.“
  • Molly White’s “[Citation Needed],” “The Tornado Cash case: When politics sabotage a prosecution.“
  • June Black in the Bel Esprit portal, “In My Opinion: Finding a Place for Transgender Women in Gendered Sports (and in Feminism).“
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “Benjamin Netanyahu Has Got To Go.“
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “The sex toy scandal in WNBA is all about … a coin?“
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • RIP Baseball, “Lee Elia (1937-2025).“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • Elena Rossini’s blog, “In this age of technofeudalism every writer who covers technology – especially resistance to Big Tech – should disclose their tech stack. Here’s mine.“
  • Remember the Drive-In with Kanauga Kool, “1958 Ballantyne Drive-In Movie Theater Speakers with Bluetooth and MP3.“
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life,” “Embrace Audacious Living: The Cost of Staying Stagnant.“
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Stormy is 12.“
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Summer Queasiness.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!