What’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 24 2026

Depending on where you’re reading today’s blog, I hope you have taken plenty of precautions for this upcoming snowstorm that’s about to blanket most of America. Make sure you have all your provisions, that your car has plenty of fuel, that you’ve got enough rock salt and/or icemelt for your walkway, and that your fur…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 17 2026

Good morning, blog readers, just a quick recap before I go outside and do lots of stuff – (opens door) (sees snow outside) (closes door) Yeah, I’m staying inside and doing chores. ๐Ÿ˜€ But something that’s NOT a chore is taking care of the weekly recap of those wonderful people on my personal blogroll. So…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood – A MILESTONE

Before I start our regular Saturday recap of the blog posts and photos and thoughts of the wonderful people on my blogroll … a personal note. Today’s blog post is my 7,000th published blog post. That includes going all the way back to 2007 for my original blogspot.com portal, then 8 1/2 years at the…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 3 2026

It’s a new year, it’s a new blog, and a new resolution of sorts. This morning, I’m currently backing everything on my computers and flash drives onto a 16TB external hard drive. Then I’ll put all the flash drives and backup drives in storage, and this way my materials will remain protected over time. It’s…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 27 2025

Hi everybody, hope you had a good holiday this week, and are ready to face the world. I’m staying inside today – there’s plenty of snow outside and I don’t feel like chancing a trip on the slippery streets. So I’ll stay in and blog about this week’s great articles and photos on my personal…

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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? Have a…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 13 2025

I added a new blog to the blogroll today, the writings of Paris Buttfield-Addison, a writer and professor from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia who is heavily involved in game development and technology. I saw one of his blog posts in my Mastodon feed, and was impressed enough to share his texts to my blogroll for all…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 6 2025

Good morning, blog readers, it’s time for another Saturday recap of the thoughts and blogs and photos of my personal blogroll. We’ve got some returning blogs, as well as some fresh content from our favorites. So let’s get right at it. Have a great weekend, everybody!

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, November 29 2025

Well, I tell you what. I made it through Black Friday without too much damage, and I hope you did as well. So let’s see … now upcoming is Small Business Saturday, Sleep Late Sunday, Buy on Amazon Monday, Donate to a Charity Tuesday … do I have all that right? But really, Saturday is…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, November 22 2025

Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. Hope you’re having a great start to your weekend. I’ve updated the blogroll to bring back someone who just added a new blog post for the first time a while, so please welcome Heather Fazio back to the blogroll with open arms. In fact, let’s get started with the…

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