WHAT's NEW AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON (AND NON-CROTON) BLOGS

Happy Monday---AND HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY EVERYONE--and now our regular weekly feature......

WHAT's NEW AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON (AND NON-CROTON) BLOGS

You may not always agree but it's always interesting... click on the links below.

NINE FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY--on a new platform:

***90 seconds of Pope Leo in Lourdes
***European population crisis
***Musk on China overtaking the US in AI

***FRANCE BAPTISMS MORE 
***Pope Leo got tremendous Paris welcome
***WSJ: “The One World Leader We Can All Look Up To”
***Grief and victory: Social influencer who spoke of her ALS disease has died.
***Friars of the Renewal – 87 seconds about St Francis

***FRIDAY COCKTAIL, HARRY TRUMAN'S FAVORITE

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT --AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE FROM THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY BLOG!  GO TO Croton Ghost Stories — Croton Historical Society

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TWO FROM BROTHER JACK'S PREACHING MINISTRY, HOLY NAME OF MARY:   THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES; GO HERE

AND The Good Samaritan; GO HERE

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FROM DW DESIGN & DECOR: Speaker Event ~ Tayna Cole-Lesnick - DW Design & Decor

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TWO FROM WESTCHESTERBLOGGER: 

Twilight Village at Sleepy Hollow 2026: Headless Horseman, Fire Shows, S’mores & Halloween Magic at Philipsburg Manor – westchesterblogger.com

AND THIS LOOKS FUN! Mystic Moon at Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard: A Magical, Kid-Friendly Halloween Experience in North Salem, NY – westchesterblogger.com

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FIVE FROM ETHICS ALARMS--THIS GUY OFTEN HITS THEM RIGHT OUTTA THE BALLPARK:

TALARICO, Seriously, What’s Going On Here? | Ethics Alarms

The Legal Profession’s Self-Policing Myth; GO HERE

THE NAKED TEACHER PRINCIPLE; GO TO The Naked Teacher Principle, Brought To You By “Only Fans” Again and Of Course | Ethics Alarms

AND The Cornell Frat Rape Ethics Train Wreck, Part I | Ethics Alarms

AND The Cornell Frat Rape Ethics Train Wreck, Part II | Ethics Alarms

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TWO FROM EPHEMERAL NEW YORK: A reclusive, rebellious painter captures the “sinister magic” of a moonlit city street; go here

AND These salvaged relics in a Brooklyn subway station are the ghostly remains of old New York buildings; CLICK HERE

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EIGHT FROM GRANDMA'S VINTAGE RECIPES:

---DIXIE PEACHY PRALINE PIE; GO TO Grandma's Vintage Recipes: DIXIE PEACHY PRALINE PIE

---HOME MADE PUMPERNICKEL BREAD; GO HERE

---L.S. AYRES TEA ROOM DATE PUDDING; GO HERE

---CRANBERRY WALNUT STREUSEL MUFFINS; GO TO Grandma's Vintage Recipes: CRANBERRY WALNUT STREUSEL MUFFINS

---SOUR CREAM RAISIN DROPS WITH ORANGE FROSTING; GO HERE

---GERMAN ANISE DROPS; GO HERE

---WHITE FROSTING; GO HERE

---MOM'S WASHDAY DINNER; CLICK HERE

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NINE FROM EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS:

---GAY PORTRAITS; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: Gay Portraits

---BARRY COE; CLICK HERE

---COLETTE MARCHAND; CLICK HERE

---L'arzigogolo (1924); CLICK HERE

---Directed by Robert Wiene; CLICK HERE

---WEINMAR UNCENSORED; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: Weimar Uncensored

---Directed by Marshall Neilan; CLICK HERE

---MARINA VLADY; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: Marina Vlady (1938-2026)

---COLIN FIRTH; CLICK HERE

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TWO FROM WESTERNS ALL'ITALIANA, .Westerns...All'Italiana!: Almeria Western Film Festival 2026 4th day

and FROM THE VAULT: JACK LONDON; GO HERE

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