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May 12, 2025
12
May 2025

NYC Open Streets Traffic Cone Shortage

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I read about a possible traffic cone shortage in Brooklyn. One day earlier, I watched a truck back over and crush two traffic cones in Brooklyn Heights.

May 8, 2025
8
May 2025

Foggy Manhattan Skyline (May 4, 2025)

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Two photos of a fog-shrouded Manhattn Skyline seen from the Fruit Street Sitting Area in Brooklyn Heights on the evening of May 4, 2025.

May 7, 2025
7
May 2025

Williamsburg Christmas Tree in May 2025

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I came across a discarded Christmas Tree in Williamsburg Brooklyn on May 4, 2025. Wait a second… May!?

May 6, 2025
6
May 2025

BLOB DYLAN Seen in Williamsburg (May 2025)

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I encountered my first Williamsburg BLOB DYLAN on a rainy afternoon on May 4, 2025.

May 5, 2025
5
May 2025

April 2025 at The New Leaf Journal

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A look back at April 2025, The New Leaf Journal’s fifth birthday month.

May 3, 2025
3
May 2025

Checking Our RSS Service Subscriber Counts in Server Logs

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Checking in on our server logs to see how many Feedly, Inoreader, Feedbin, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and BazQuz subscribers we have.

May 2, 2025
2
May 2025

2025 Cavaliers’ Record Sweep of the Miami Heat

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Days after I wrote about the 2024-25 Miami Heat’s odd statistical profile for a playoff team, the Heat were bounced from the playoffs in record-breaking fashion.

April 30, 2025
30
Apr 2025

A Solitary Tulip in Red Hook

Nicholas A. Ferrell

One tulip stands alone, bringing a dash of spring to a dreary patch of soil near the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.

April 29, 2025
29
Apr 2025

Diagnosing Fictional Characters

Nicholas A. Ferrell

The case for understanding an author’s intent in creating a work instead of jumping to diagnose fictional characters with autism, Asprger’s syndrome, or anything else which may appear in some version of the DSM.

April 28, 2025
28
Apr 2025

Portico Zebra on Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I encounter a zebra on what I believe was my first stroll down Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

April 27, 2025
27
Apr 2025

50 Things I Learned in Five Years of NLJ Articles

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I celebrate the fifth birthday of The New Leaf Journal with 50 things I learned from writing and editing NLJ articles.

April 25, 2025
25
Apr 2025

Nobody Beats Kirby’s Dream Land at The Wiz

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I remember receiving Kirby’s Dream Land from The Wiz in 1995. Nobody beats The Wiz.

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