What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 20 2025

Hi everyone, this is the last blog recap post before the holidays. It’s also the second-last blog recap before the new year. But I’m still taking care of business on a Saturday, so let’s see what the bloggers and photographers and thinkers and creators have in store on my personal blogroll, shall we?

• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Capital District Fun blog, “Mexico! Mexico City.”
• BLOGS FOR TECHNOLOGY
  • Elena Rossini’s blog, “A newbie’s guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 2: installation & setup.”
  • Paris Buttfield-Addison, “We Released Yarn Spinner 3.1.“
• BLOGS FOR THE HEADPHONES
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!”, “Overcoming Burnout: Insights on Leadership and Self-Compassion with Garrett Wood.”
  • The Sad Clowns podcast, “Facebook never forgets.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “After The Wind, Cold, Rain And Ice, Some Color And Light From My Archives. Only Color Will Do On A Day Like This.”
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “Friday it snowed.”
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “Kinda Creepy!“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “Four Christmases (2008).”
  • The B&S About Movies, “Trail of the Broken Blade (1967).”
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “Two Weeks’ Notice.“
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “A funny thing.”
  • The Pine Hills Review, “I have trouble finishing things” by Michelle Matz.
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • Molly White’s “[Citation Needed],” “The world’s most corrupt crypto startup operation.“
  • The Emptywheel blog, “The Epistemology of the Epstein Scandal.”
  • The Saturday Morning Archives, “Franklin The Teacher (2002).” (you’ll understand why it’s in this category)
• BLOGS IN MEMORIAM
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Rob Reiner; Michele Singer Reiner.”
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Max Eider, R.I.P..”
• BLOGS FOR DONNING WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Holiday Druthers.“
  • Remember the Drive-In from Kanauga Kool, “Cherishing the Cheap Christmas Decorations.”
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Coffee and Words at Christmas.”
  • The Cawston Greenway blog, “Last One Before The Christmas Break.”
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “Bob Hope as Santa Claus (1967).”

Have a great weekend, everybody!