What’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 16 2025

Good morning, all you fine people. We’re traveling through the dog days of summer (woof woof woof), so let’s enjoy the beautiful weather as much as we possibly can. And remember good summer weather preparations – use suncreen, wear a hat, and drink plenty of fluids. In other words, do what I should do. Okay?

But what I will do now is go through the blogroll and see what my fellow bloggers and writers and photographers have produced this past week, and share these with you. Enjoy!

• BLOGS FOR MINDFULNESS
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “Bloom Where You’re Planted.”
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “Pastoral Morning, Sunrise. Meditation. Nature Makes Room For Your Deepest Thoughts, The News Is Never One Of Them.“
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!,” “Unlocking Career Advancement: Insights from Nate Dinet on Confidence and Intentional Growth.”
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “Unscheduled Bench Work.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “Vermont Rail Systems 210 and Nanchez Railway 2147.”
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “From the lake.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “Magic Mark.“
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “A Calm Moment.“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “The Cakemaker (2017).“
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “21 Beacon Street (1959).“
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Sorry, Baby.“
  • The Saturday Morning Archive, “My Adventures with Superman spins off a series with Green Lantern.“
  • The B&S About Movies, “Poseidon (2006).“
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • The Albany history blog “Hoxsie!”, “The Cohoes Branches of the Mohawk River.“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Tom Vandel in the Bel Esprit portal, “Dizzy.“
  • John R. Kruschke in the Pine Hills Review, “A Late Afternoon Lying on My Back.”
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Road. Tripped.“
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Adrift but published.“
  • The Phoenix Desertsong blog, “Do I have something Worth Writing?“
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • The Emptywheel blog, “Donald Trump, Alone in the Room with His KGB Handler, Getting His Ass Served on a Picnic Platter.”
  • Molly White’s blog, “Crime szn bro.“
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • RIP Baseball, “Grave Story: Lenny Yochim (1928-2013).”
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Bugle Beads, But Alive.“
  • Trivial Music Silliness, “Pull Up A Seat.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!