"description":"The story of a Bonsai tree sent from Mississippi to New York City with a great number of Styrofoam peanuts.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago\nThe Fallen Tree in Brooklyn Heights\nThe Plum Tree Blossoms Always in the Springtime\nAn Unclear and Indistinct Idea of a Truth Tree\nA Brave Little Tree Grows in Manhattan\nWhen President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From…\nSaw-whet? The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Owl\nEvergreen Carroll Gardens Christmas Tree\nA Rather Dry Christmas Tree in Brooklyn Heights in April",
"description":"The Bush Clinton Playground is named for one failed presidential candidate, but that is not why the name is memorable.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nA Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge\nBiden, Lincoln, and Counting Back From the President's Birth\nDangers of Eating Red Hook Fish and Eels\nPhotos of a pigeon eating berries\nRed Shift Visual Novel Review\nThe Over-Filled Red Truck in Red Hook, Brooklyn\nAnother Hamilton Avenue Footbridge View\nOhio Makes a BQE-Related Pitch for NYC Businesses\nThe Dead End Sign in Red Hook, Brooklyn",
"description":"Recapping our busiest month of 2023 both in terms of new full-length articles and visitors.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…",
"description":"Justin of our Justin and Justina duo looks behind a particularly inane protest to wonder what happened to that Ronald McDonald guy.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to…\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nCollected Justin and Justina Dialogues",
"description":"To hide items and make chatty NPCs or to make \"hidden items\" glow and one-line robot NPCs.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nRanking My Big Impression Video Games\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ",
"description":"I use a Hario v60 coffee dripper (02 size) to make pour-over coffee. I have a 15 oz Hario v60 coffee […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nPersona 4, Coffee, and Children\n\"Coffee Fruit Punch\" - A Cookbook Abomination\nRescuing a Ladybug On My Television\nAmerican Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Home Menus From 1913\nHot Coffee on Summer Walks\nTiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage\nWelcome to The Emu Café\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\n\"Technological Imbecile\" Retweeted by President",
"description":"A study of cases in which the paths of former NBA MVPs cross throughout their careers.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nESPN States Tim Duncan was \"Born Overseas\"\n1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review",
"description":"\"The toast is, \"Freedom's favorite son, \nHealth, peace, and joy to Washington!\"\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nPlain Song - Visual Novel Review\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nMost Important Dylan Songs By Half-Decade\nFamiliar song in Angel Next Door anime\n\"Mondrian\" - Victor V. Gurbo on his Original Song\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"description":"A detailed history of New York City's Evacuation Day, a former holiday that landed on November 25 and was second only to Independence Day in NYC's patriotic pantheon.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nAnna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the…\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nWinds of New Beginnings: Pokémon Gold & Silver",
"description":"It would not be Thanksgiving without an Brooklyn inflatable decoration article.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nOctober 25 Thanksgiving in Grenada\nWashington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nCalvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nFallen Inflatable Thanksgiving Turkey\nWhen President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From…\nThe Eagle, the National Seal, and turkeys\nOn Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007\nA Broken Sign and Graffiti at the Brooklyn Heights Gristedes",
"description":"A humorous and ultimately borderless search for the long sought-after \"libertarian moment.\"\nPossibly related posts...\n\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nProposals for Fact-Checking Reform\nSocial webs of personal websites\nWallabag Custom Search Engine Shortcuts\nFeeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nProductivity Window Shopping and Backlogs\nApplying Coolidge's Remarks on the Home to the Digital Home\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime",
"description":"Examining Greanda's annual October 25 Thanksgiving, which commemorates the beginning of the 1983 American-led intervention to restore order in the small Caribbean nation.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nWashington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nCalvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nReturn to Shironagasu Island Review\nWhen President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From…\n\"Coffee Fruit Punch\" - A Cookbook Abomination\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nFallen Inflatable Thanksgiving Turkey\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ",
"description":"Examining the significance of Liu Shouxe's naturally silver hair in the Raven of the Inner Palace anime series.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nHair Color in The Apothecary Diaries Anime\nAdditional Best of 2022 in Anime Awards\nHair Color in A Dream of Summer\nTokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies\nBrown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again!\nUnderstanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series\nHair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan\nIroha Isshiki's Hair is Brown, as Expected?",
"description":"Examining unusual hair colors in the main characters of Ming China-inspired The Apothecary Diaries.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHair Color in A Dream of Summer\nTokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies\nBrown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again!\nUnderstanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series\nHair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan\nIroha Isshiki's Hair is Brown, as Expected?\nHair Color and Albinism in Red Shift Visual Novel\nKaori Orimoto's Hair is Blacker than I Expected\nHair Color in Japanese Anime, Manga, and Games",
"description":"Texas A&M's decision to pay Coach Jimbo Fisher $76.8 million to not coach the school's football team raises questions about its priorities as an institution.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nCollege Football Coach Salaries and Buyouts and…\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nThe Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters\n1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft\nSega of Japan's Yukawa Dreamcast Commercials\nBrown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again!\nImagination in Pokémon Red and Blue\nPlaying Through Cancer in Silence: Shawn Respert's NBA Story\nCUNY Un-Persons A Successful Alum",
"description":"I was surprised that no one gave me an \"I Voted!\" sticker when I voted in November 2023... then I checked my pocket.\nPossibly related posts...\n\n1897 Magazine Offer - Pocket Kodak and Kodak No. 4…\nOne Man, One Vote, Two \"I Voted!\" Stickers\nYou Can't Fix Stupid - King Baby\nOn Finding Money In Your Coat Pocket 〜 A Justin and…\nThe \"King Baby BKF\" Sticker in Gowanus, Brooklyn\nSpare \"I Voted\" sticker for 2023\nAn Unpleasant Voting Odor\nThe Downed Stop Sign in Vinegar Hill\nCard Hero and games on limited hardware",
"description":"A friendly Halloween ghost scarecrow seen in Brooklyn Heights, New York.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nEconomical Halloween Scarecrows\nHalloween Cooking and Decorating Tips From 1913\nThe Trick-Or-Treating Halloween Daycare Ghost\nFlying 12-Foot Witch in Carroll Gardens\nA Trick-Or-Treating Halloween Ghost Among Gourds in…\nReturn of the Happy Halloween Daycare Ghost\nThe Happy Halloween Ghost\nThe Wicked Car of the Gowanus - Car with Hat\nCarroll Gardens Halloween Snake Skeleton",
"description":"A Carroll Gardens household puts a Halloween snake skeleton decoration to good use on their front lawn.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nA Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge\nFlying 12-Foot Witch in Carroll Gardens\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to…\nA Trip Across Brooklyn's Summit Street Bridge\nHistoric Districts and Looming Tall Buildings\nFlexible Hose Halloween Snake Creature\nHalloween Cooking and Decorating Tips From 1913\nBalancing Bear Topiary in Carroll Gardens\nAmerican Beauty Pasta Mural in Brooklyn",
"description":"Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of free and open source android apps designed to replace Google’s default apps. However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile Tools was acquired by ZippoApps. I used a few Simple Mobile apps back when I wrote a review of F-Droid […]",
"description":"I never thought about why manhole covers were round before reading this detailed history of manhole covers in New York City. That they are round “so they won’t fall into the manhole … if you insert [them] at an angle or vertically” makes sense. Maybe I never thought about it because I have never been […]",
"description":"I primarily use feeds to stay on top of interesting authors and websites. I seldom need to deal with newsletters because almost everything I follow (including a few Substack and Buttondown newsletters and the newsletter for Tablet Magazine) also have RSS feeds. But there are a few exceptions, notably some of the Real Clear network […]",
"description":"I started a GitHub repository for Bing ban stories when The New Leaf Journal ran into a Bing ban. While my project is no longer banned by Bing, I am still maintaining the repository. Today, I added a (now-resolved) Bing ban story from Mr. Andrew Ward regarding his portfolio and blog site.",
"description":"Sports Illusrated, fresh off an AI article controversy, selected Colorado Buffaloes college football coach Dion Sanders as its Sportsperson of the Year. Mr. Sanders took over as head coach at Colorado after the football team went 1-11 in 2022. Sports Illustrated noted that the team improved greatly in Coach Sanders’ first season: As for the […]",
"description":"I received an email from the Bing Webmaster Team: We hope this message finds you well! We've noticed it's been a while since you last visited Bing Webmaster Tools, and we've genuinely missed having you around! Webmaster Tools has undergone some exciting updates and improvements recently, and we think you'll be pleased with the enhancements […]",
"description":"I am using the Classic Editor here at The Emu Café Social, in large part because some of the IndieWeb plugins I am using require it instead of Gutenberg. I agree with this take by Mr. Baty in a vacuum that the classic editor is better for writing than Gutenberg. However, I use Gutenberg over […]",
"description":"The Gothamist published an article on the push to ban street vendors from the magisterial Brooklyn Bridge. I am 100% in support of banning street vendors from the Bridge, but I will focus on another point in the report. See the following quote: But vendors said there are not many legal spots where they can […]",
"description":"Back in 2022, I wrote an article on the importance of being in good standing with Microsoft Bing for reaching searchers who prefer privacy-friendly search solutions. While Bing itself is far from privacy-friendly, many alternatives such as DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Ecosia, and Swisscows use Bing’s search index. That particular article was inspired by a post on […]",
"description":"I just published my article on Grenada’s annual October 25 Thanksgiving. As I explain in that piece, Grenada’s Thanksgiving commemorates the date of the commencement of the 1983 U.S.-led intervention to restore order on the island after a palace coup. It occurred to me right after publishing the article (somehow only after) to check whether […]",
"description":"Running The New Leaf Journal takes me interesting places. For example, it has taken me to Grenada over the last few days. Not literally, mind you. I am not much of a traveling guy (nor am I a big fan of planes or other vehicles). I am researching Thanksgiving in Grenada for what promises to […]",
"description":"SoraNews24 published an entire article about making a recipe released by 7-Eleven in Japan. I think the recipe looks good (“to die for” is probably excessive, however). But regardless of whether you think 7-Eleven’s sausage-butter-rice dish looks appetizing, I am sure you can join me in praising the convenience store chain for fully embracing open […]",
"description":"On October 11, 2023, Nintendo Life cited to reports that Disney is looking to purchase a video game company. This sounds very ominous so I am crossing my fingers that they do not buy a company that makes good games. Go for one of the companies that makes those terrible free-to-start mobile games!",
"description":"I use a low-end Beelink mini-PC as a TV box (this will be a New Leaf Journal article eventually). I run Fedora on the mini PC and switch between GNOME and Kodi sessions depending on what I am doing. Yesterday, I upgraded from Fedora 39 to Fedora 40. The upgrade went smoothly. Everything appeared to […]",
"description":"From Mr. Heinrik Karlsson’s “A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox” Having idiosyncratic interests that grow in complexity means thatif you pursuethem too far you will end up obsessed with things that no one else around you cares […]",
"description":"Welcome to the 163rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, N.A. Ferrell. Below, I have our six newest articles (one of our more varied collections), 21 links from around the web, links from our own archive, and brief news and notes from the week that was.\nSpeaking of the week that was...\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published six new articles since mailing the Newsletter 162.\n1783 NY Evacuation Day Song\nA short follow-up to my history of Evacuation Day.\nNBA MVPs and MVP Teammates\nFun stats and notes on NBA MVPs who played with other NBA MVPs.\n5 Years Without Breaking My Coffee Glass\nNo…",
"description":"Welcome to the 162nd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell.\nToday's newsletter falls on New York City's Evacuation Day. What is Evacuation Day? You can learn about it in a link in our Leaves from the week that was section below. While I usually limit this humble newsletter to articles published from the previous Saturday to the Friday preceding the newsletter, I made an exception for New York City's patriotic holiday. Other than this exception, you will find your favorite (I hope) regularly scheduled newsletter sections below.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published …",
"description":"Welcome to the 161st edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. We have a solid week of publishing, so I look forward to sharing our new articles, links from around the web, and other news and notes to hold you over through Thanksgiving. \nLeaves from the week that was\nI published five new articles since mailing newsletter 160. \n\"I Voted\" Sticker Appears in Pocket\nI am going with the \"magic\" explanation. \nOn Coach Jimbo Fisher's Buyout\nI could not pass on the opportunity to write about Texas A&M paying a man $76.8 million to not coach its football team. \nHair Color in t…",
"description":"Welcome to the 60th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. After a brief unplanned hiatus, we returned to our ordinary publishing pace last week. Below, I share our newest articles, links from around the web, and news and notes about The New Leaf Journal.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published five new articles since mailing the previous newsletter.\nOctober 2023 at The New Leaf Journal\nNo one said these months in review had to be published in the month of review. \nPlanning and Angel Next Door Season 2\nThe anticipated results of good article planning. \nUpgrading Pixel 3a XL …",
"description":"When interpreting older songs, I try to find the darker side of these often up-tempo major key classics; often a love song is just a brush stroke away from being transformed into something menacing.\nVery interesting take that you demonstrate through the performance. Question: Can you think of any examples of folk songs that jump out to you where the songwriter intended for the song to change depending on how the vocalist interprets it?\n#Music #FolkMusic",
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"description":"I discovered that empty first like in alt text field for image in WordPress causes image to always be aligned left, regardless of other settings.\n#WordPress",
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"description":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13172\n1908 True Crime book featuring 11 stories from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Added to my to-read list.\n#ProjectGutenberg #law #ReadingList",
"description":"Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of free and open source android apps designed to replace Google’s default apps. However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile Tools was acquired by ZippoApps. I used a few Simple Mobile apps back when I wrote a review of F-Droid apps in 2021, but I was fortunately not using any at the time of the ZippoApps news. One of the main contributors to Simple Mobile Tools who was not involved in the decision to sell the suite to an adware company forked the project. The fork looks like a good option for people who want to keep using the Simple Mobile Tools suite. Since I was not using any of the apps, I thought I would note what I use instead. Before continuing, do note that my phone runs LineageOS and I do not use any closed s…",
"description":"I am interested in alternatives to big tech software and services. It was for that reason that I switched to Linux in 2020. While I am not big on social media, I use Mastodon, Pixelfed, Minds, and NOSTR to help promote my writing on my self-hosted WordPress projects. I have had an interest in open source alternatives to Goodreads. There are a few interesting ActivityPub powered projects, but they are not quite what I am looking for. At the moment, I am trying Open Library. You can see my fresh profile and current reading.\nI like it thus far. Once you know where everything is, it is easy to navigate and organize books. I also like LibraryThing (not open source), but that is more geared toward collection management than reading tracking. My top request for Open Library is RSS/ATOM support. I maintain a static site with all of my feeds (including this site) and would like to be able to drop an Open Library feed in there without having to be creative. Libreture (for storing and managing DRM-free ebooks) and Inventaire (for cataloguing and trading physical ebooks) both produce feeds for user profiles. Alas, that seems to still be a missing feature for Open Library and LibraryThing. I could see others being disappointed with Open Library's relative lack of social functionality, but I think that may be more of a feature than a bug.",
"description":"I published my previous Bearblog post (it has been a while) back in the middle of the spring anime season (see post). The year is coming to an end. Despite my having written in that post that there was no clear anime of the year front-runner as of the middle of the spring season, my current front-runner for anime of the year (expect my New Leaf Journal year in review at the end of December or early January) is from that very spring season (see my 2022 review).\nBut I digress.\nSince last posting here, I acquired the emucafe.org domain to use for my new social publishing site. Because I paid the small fee for extra Bearblog features, I figured that I may as well use it here too. Thus, my new main domain here is newleafannex.emucafe.org. For anyone considering using their own domain with Bearblog, I will say that the set-up process works exactly as advertised in the docs.",
"description":"I came across a certain Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook, Brooklyn (NYC) a few years ago and was amused by the name. When I walked by last week, I decided to take a photo and turn it into an article. Despite the fact that the name invokes our 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Presidents, those with a cursory knowledge of New York City history will know that the \"Clinton\" here is DeWitt Clinton, who served as Mayor of NYC, Governor of NY (following his father George on Governor) and was the Federalist nominee for President in 1812 (he lost fairly narrowly to James Madison). What about Bush? I was not sure who Bush Street was named after, and I learned that New York City is also not quite sure.<br />\n<br />\nArticle:<br />\n<a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/</a><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nyc?src=hash\" title=\"#nyc\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#nyc</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/brooklyn?src=hash\" title=\"#brooklyn\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#brooklyn</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/redhook?src=hash\" title=\"#redhook\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#redhook</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/playground?src=hash\" title=\"#playground\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#playground</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sign?src=hash\" title=\"#sign\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#sign</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nycparks?src=hash\" title=\"#nycparks\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#nycparks</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bush?src=hash\" title=\"#bush\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#bush</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/clinton?src=hash\" title=\"#clinton\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#clinton</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixel3axl?src=hash\" title=\"#pixel3axl\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#pixel3axl</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/thenewleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#thenewleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#thenewleafjournal</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/newleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#newleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#newleafjournal</a>",
"title":"I came across a certain Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook, Brooklyn (NYC) a few years ago and was amused by the name. When I walked by last week, I decided to take a photo and turn it into an article. Despite the fact that the name invokes our 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Presidents, those with a cursory knowledge of New York City history will know that the \"Clinton\" here is DeWitt Clinton, who served as Mayor of NYC, Governor of NY (following his father George on Governor) and was the Federalist nominee for President in 1812 (he lost fairly narrowly to James Madison). What about Bush? I was not sure who Bush Street was named after, and I learned that New York City is also not quite sure.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/\n\n#nyc #brooklyn #redhook #playground #sign #nycparks #bush #clinton #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal",
"description":"A friend sent me a bonsai. The bonsai was packaged and shipped from a nursery in Mississippi. Despite being a small bonsai, it came in a big box. What accounted for the box size? Well... (Note these were not all the Styrofoam peanuts.)<br />\n<br />\nArticle with the full story and photographs of the healthy bonsai:<br />\n<a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/</a><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/recyclingbin?src=hash\" title=\"#recyclingbin\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#recyclingbin</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/trashbin?src=hash\" title=\"#trashbin\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#trashbin</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Styrofoam?src=hash\" title=\"#Styrofoam\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Styrofoam</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StyrofoamPeanuts?src=hash\" title=\"#StyrofoamPeanuts\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#StyrofoamPeanuts</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Packaging?src=hash\" title=\"#Packaging\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Packaging</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Unboxing?src=hash\" title=\"#Unboxing\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Unboxing</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bonsai?src=hash\" title=\"#Bonsai\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Bonsai</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BonsaiTree?src=hash\" title=\"#BonsaiTree\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#BonsaiTree</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Leaf?src=hash\" title=\"#Leaf\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Leaf</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/newleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#newleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#newleafjournal</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/thenewleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#thenewleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#thenewleafjournal</a>",
"title":"A friend sent me a bonsai. The bonsai was packaged and shipped from a nursery in Mississippi. Despite being a small bonsai, it came in a big box. What accounted for the box size? Well... (Note these were not all the Styrofoam peanuts.)\n\nArticle with the full story and photographs of the healthy bonsai:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/\n\n#recyclingbin #trashbin #Styrofoam #StyrofoamPeanuts #Packaging #Unboxing #Bonsai #BonsaiTree #Leaf #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal",
"description":"Not to brag, but Amazon is telling me that it has been more than 5 years since I last broke my Hario v60 coffee glass. Not a big deal. As I said, I don't like to brag.<br />\n<br />\nStory Link: <a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/</a><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/coffee?src=hash\" title=\"#coffee\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#coffee</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/coffeeglass?src=hash\" title=\"#coffeeglass\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#coffeeglass</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glass?src=hash\" title=\"#glass\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#glass</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hario?src=hash\" title=\"#hario\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#hario</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hariov60?src=hash\" title=\"#hariov60\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#hariov60</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amazon?src=hash\" title=\"#amazon\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#amazon</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/newleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#newleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#newleafjournal</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/thenewleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#thenewleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#thenewleafjournal</a>",
"title":"Not to brag, but Amazon is telling me that it has been more than 5 years since I last broke my Hario v60 coffee glass. Not a big deal. As I said, I don't like to brag.\n\nStory Link: https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/\n\n#coffee #coffeeglass #glass #hario #hariov60 #amazon #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal",
"title":"Happy Thanksgiving! Inflatable turkey seen in front of a grocery store in the Brooklyn NYC neighborhood of Carroll Gardens.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-thanksgiving-turkey-with-pilgrim-hat/\n\n#nyc #brooklyn #carrollgardens #thanksgiving #inflatable #turkey #pumpkin #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal",
"title":"A friendly Halloween ghost scarecrow seen in America's first suburb, the New York City neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-heights-halloween-scarecrow/\n\n#nyc #brooklyn #brooklynheights #halloween #ghost #scarecrow #brickwall #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal",
"title":"Seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a Halloween snake decoration protecting flowers on a front lawn.\n\nI covered this find over at The New Leaf Journal with an additional photo:\n\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/carroll-gardens-halloween-snake-skeleton/\n\n#halloween #brooklyn #nyc #carrollgardens #snake #skeleton #flowers #lawn #sign #pixel3axl",
"description":"I read about an adware company purchasing the open source Simple Mobile Tools apps for Android. I was not using any of the apps at the moment (I used a few in the past), so I decided to offer some suggestions for alternatives that I use on my own device (I run LineageOS 20 on my phone). My recommendations are admittedly limited by my set up and phone usage, but I think I have a few good ones.\nhttps://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/simple-mobile-tolls-alternatives/\n#android #lineageos #simplemobiletools #apps #opensource",
"description":"They say it's better late than never. I interpret that to mean it's never too late to catch up on the newest trends in women's fashion (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) from January 1841.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/womens-fashion-trends-for-january-1841/\n#History #Fashion #OldMagaziens #Dresses #Philadelphia",
"description":"My November month in review with links to and brief descriptions of my 19 November 2023 articles and four newsletters.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/november-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/\n#newleafjournal #november2023 #blog",
"description":"A poem for those of us who needed a second to remember whether today is the last day of November.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-days-of-the-month-poem/\n#poem #poetry #childrenspoem #november",
"description":"Overhearing a man drop \"pie chart\" in casual conversation about video games inspired a dialogue on pizza charts and mixing work and leisure.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-a-slice-of-pie-chart-life/\n#dialogue #piechart",
"description":"My post on a 1913 magazine collection of reader-submitted breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus from the 50 states. I singled out several for looking good (to me). However, I do have some concerns about the AMOUNT of food...\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/american-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-home-menus-from-1913/\n#Cooking #Recipes #OldRecipes #ProjectGutenberg",
"description":"Fresh off the presses, my long, detailed history of a former official New York City holiday that landed on November 25: Evacuation Day. It commemorated the evacuation, or final departure, of the British military from Manhattan on November 25, 1783, which was followed by the entry of the U.S. military led by a certain General George Washington.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-new-yorks-evacuation-day/\n#nyc #history #EvacuationDay #GeorgeWashington #holiday",
"description":"Re-printing the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation, from the pen of George Washington in 1789 (also noted are some 1789 arguments against a federal proclamation of Thanksgiving).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/washingtons-1789-thanksgiving-proclamation/\n#thanksgiving #GeorgeWashington #history #ushistory",
"description":"I dare say Newsletter 161 is one of my finer newsletter efforts. Links to our 5 newest articles, 21 links from around the web, and a Thanksgiving-themed walk through our archives. Come for the new New Leaf Journal content, stay for external links to articles about birds looking at birds.\nhttps://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/161/\n#newsletter #buttondown #links #aroundtheweb #thanksgiving",
"description":"After capturing an impromptu piano recital in my home featuring at least two Danbo and two stuffed chicks, I decided that I had accomplished everything I could as as a photographer.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/hatchling-and-danbo-have-a-piano-recital/\n#photography #danbo #piano #chick #stuffedanimals #kokeshi",
"description":"Last year, I published a history of Thanksgiving proclamations in the Philippines from the U.S. colonial era through the first President Marcos's significantly changed take on the holiday.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-thanksgiving-proclamations-in-the-philippines/\n#thanksgiving #philippines #history #ushistory #holiday",
"description":"I have written a number of articles about hair color in Japanese anime, manga, novels, and games (usually visual novels) -- because why not become the internet's leading resource in something? I finally got around to creating a collection page for this very important 2D anthropology project.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/collection/hair-color-in-japanese-anime-manga-and-games/\n#anime #manga #visualnovels #haircolor #dresscodes",
"description":"It has been a rough year for search engines I reviewed. Peekier went offline and turned into a Kagi redirect last February. But again, my review lives on.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/peekier-search-engine-review/\n#peekier #searchengine",
"description":"Elephind, a newspaper search engine that I used for a number of projects, has been taken offline. For those who are curious about what it looked like, my review lives on.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-elephind-a-powerful-newspaper-search-engine/\n#elephind #searchengine",
"description":"Re-printing \"Pumpkin Pie,\" a seasonal early 20th century children's poem by Mary Mapes Dodge.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/pumpkin-pie-a-childrens-poem-by-mary-mapes-dodge/\n#poem #poetry #pumpkin #pumpkinpie #autumn #thanksgiving",
"description":"Re-printing the first U.S. Veterans Day Proclamation, written and issued by then-President (and prominent veteran) Dwight D. Eisenhower 69 years to the day:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/eisenhowers-1954-veterans-day-proclamation/\n#VeteransDay #Eisenhower #veterans #ushistory #history",
