Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. A quick note before we go through the blogroll recap this week; make sure that before you go to bed tonight, you set your clocks back one hour. So if it’s 3:00, you set it for 2:00. And in America, we set 2025 back to what, 1931 or something?…
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A weekly examination of the best blog posts from my personal blogroll.
What’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 25 2025
It’s the last weekend of October, and next week we move leave Daylight Saving Time. I think they schedule the time change after Halloween so that all the little door-to-door costumed candy-beggars have enough daylight to get a full haul of fun sized Snickers and M&M’s. Trust me, kids. Stop by my house, and you’re…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 18 2025
Just for curiosity, I looked up how many times I’ve created an entry for this blog category. Counting its original iteration as a “Best of our TU Community Bloggers” recap when the Times Union stopped supporting its community bloggers (the first of many times they did that), I’ve penned over 500 of these recaps, including…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 11 2025
I hope you have a great Indigenous Peoples Weekend, with celebrations and plans to honor and accept those of the First Nations and other recognized tribes and collectives. Oh, and it’s also Italian-American weekend, so let us all celebrate the rich history of the Italian thread of our multinational culture. Oh, and for my Canadian…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 4 2025
Good morning, you early rising blog readers. Time to get out there and enjoy the day. Of course, if you’re up this early in the morning, at least you’ve got a cup of coffee and are enjoying this Saturday morning blogroll recap. Right? Of course you are. So let’s get started. Have a great weekend,…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 27 2025
Good morning, blog readers, and I hope you have great things planned for this autumn weekend. And by “great things planned,” that must include reviewing the blogs and photos and thoughts of the fantastic people whose works are part of my personal blogroll. As you know, each Saturday I shift the focus from my personal…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 20 2025
Good morning, blog readers. Got a busy weekend here; after I finish today’s blog post, I’m heading over to help my girlfriend plant late-autumn mums in her garden. Tomorrow I’m heading to the Big E to find out how my photos and latched hook rug did in competition. But before I do anything of the…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 13 2025
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. I hope you’re having a good day, and that you’re able to enjoy a decent weekend. There’s a few things going on locally if you’re interested – the Polish Community Center in Albany is hosting a Ukrainian cultural festival on Saturday, and the Saratoga Harness track has a charity…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 6 2025
Hi everyone, I’m writing this blog a wee bit early today because by the time you read this, I’ll be on the road to Syracuse to pick up my entries from the end of the New York State Fair. Normally I would just request them be shipped back to me via mail; but I’ve got…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 23, 2025
Here we are, ready for another blog post where I take the day off and I share the thoughts and ideas of those wonderful people on my personal blogroll. Please enjoy. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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