Below, you will find volume one of the collected articles of The New Leaf Journal. Volume 1 covers the first 246 New Leaf Journal articles, beginning with April 2020 and running through February 2021. We are currently working on what will become volume 4 of our collected articles (see list). You can visit the completed volumes 2 (247-494) and 3 (495-744). Do note that this is nothing more than a list of articles published by date with links. We are working on curated, topical selections of articles.
Table of Contents
Month | Quick Link | Total Posts | Post Numbers |
April 2020 | Go to April 2020 | 2 | 1-2 |
May 2020 | Go to May 2020 | 30 | 3-32 |
June 2020 | Go to June 2020 | 21 | 33-53 |
July 2020 | Go to July 2020 | 20 | 54-73 |
August 2020 | Go to August 2020 | 16 | 74-89 |
September 2020 | Go to September 2020 | 31 | 90-120 |
October 2020 | Go to October 2020 | 25 | 121-145 |
December 2020 | Go to December 2020 | 25 | 167-191 |
January 2021 | Go to January 2021 | 29 | 192-220 |
February 2021 | Go to February 2021 | 26 | 221-246 |
April 2020
- About The New Leaf Journal (Editors: April 27, 2020)
- Introducing “The Quarantine Sessions (VVG: April 30, 2020)
May 2020
- Against Half-Way Yogurt Thievery (NAF: May 2, 2020)
- The Quarantine Sessons: “Frankie & Albert” (VVG: May 3, 2020)
- Carroll Gardens Inflatable Uncle Sam Tribute (NAF: May 4, 2020)
- Seeing the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds from Columbia Street Waterfront District (NAF: May 5, 2020)
- The Quarantine Sessions: “Love Henry” (VVG: May 6, 2020)
- Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Black Squirrels in Brooklyn (NAF: May 7, 2020)
- Uzbek President Mirziyoyev’s War and Peace of the Union (NAF: May 8, 2020)
- Previewing Bob Dylan’s “False Prophet” (VVG: May 9, 2020)
- “I’m a Little Maxed Out on Existentialism” (NAF: May 10, 2020)
- New Leaf Journal Updates (NAF: May 11, 2020)
- NIXON and the Illness of Apple in Animal Crossing (NAF: May 12, 2020)
- TI-89 Haiku: Boerum Blue Jay and Black Squirrel (NAF: May 13, 2020)
- Mosley on Mayweather: Confidence and Fear (NAF: May 14, 2020)
- The Quarantine Sessions: “The Railroad Boy” (VVG: May 15, 2020)
- Welcome to The Emu Café (NAF: May 16, 2020)
- NLJ Week In Review (May 10-16, 2020) (NAF: May 16, 2020)
- The Matter of Great Wall – But Not Those Walls (NAF: May 17, 2020)
- Insomnia Diaries: TikTok and Lucille Bogan (VVG: May 19, 2020)
- Response to Victor: Tik Tok No (NAF: May 19, 2020)
- Boston Police and Peacock Maintenace (NAF: May 20, 2020)
- The Downed Stop Sign in Vinegar Hill (NAF: May 22, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review (NAF: May 23, 2020)
- Against Chinese Government Propaganda (NAF: May 24, 2020)
- A Second Look at the April New York City Flyover (NAF: May 25, 2020)
- Remembering Second Lieutenant Carleton Burr for Memorial Day (May 25, 2020)
- Google’s Mysterious Pro-Chinese Government Errors (May 27, 2020)
- Defining What The New Leaf Journal Is (VVG: May 28, 2020)
- NLJ Week In Review 4 (May 30, 2020 (NAF: May 30, 2020)
- The Last Stand of Constantine XI (NAF: May 30, 2020)
- The Trees Leaf In May (NAF: May 31, 2020)
June 2020
- Keep the Pet Millipede From Drowning (NAF: June 1, 2020)
- The Quarantine Sessions: An Original Composition (VVG: June 4, 2020)
- On NYC Curfews and Essential Workers (NAF: June 4, 2020)
- Irene Triplett, Last Civil War Pensioner, Dies (NAF: June 5, 2020)
- Get Off My Lawn, Prime Minister Morrison (NAF: June 5, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 5 (June 6, 2020)
- On When to Watch Credits or Leave a Bad Movie (NAF: June 6, 2020)
- Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) – BIA Hong Kong Precedent (NAF: June 8, 2020; Title changed on January 22, 2022)
- The New Leaf Journal Twitter (NAF: June 10, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 6 (June 13, 2020) (NAF: June 13, 2020)
- Some U.S. President Birthday Facts (NAF: June 14, 2020)
- Some Technical Difficulties (NAF: June 18, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review (June 20, 2020) (NAF: June 20, 2020)
- Reviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings (VVG: June 25, 2020)
- A Necessary Compensatory Ideology (NAF: June 26, 2020)
- Persona 4, Coffee, and Children (NAF: June 26, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 8 (NAF: June 27, 2020)
- Introducing The New Leaf Journal Guestbook (NAF: June 27, 2020)
- Examining the-Man-With-the-Hose (NAF: June 28, 2020)
- A Fogy’s Take on New Video Game Accessories (NAF: June 29, 2020)
- Thomas Sowell on Hard-Core Troublemakers (NAF: June 30, 2020)
July 2020
- Benjamin Harrison’s Memorable July 4, 1888 (NAF: July 2, 2020)
- The New Leaf Journal Newsletter (NAF: July 3, 2020)
- Calvin Coolidge’s July 4, 1918 Remarks in Fairhaven (NAF: July 3, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 9 (July 4, 2020)
- Review of the Original Persona 4 Artbook (July 5, 2020)
- The Quarantine Sessions: “Goodnight, Irene” (VVG: July 6, 2020)
- An Almost Entirely Twitter-less Success Story (NAF: July 7, 2020)
- An Unclear and Indistinct Idea of a Truth Tree (NAF: July 9, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 10 (July 11, 2020) (NAF: July 11, 2020)
- Constantine and the Last Vespers at Hagia Sophia (NAF: July 14, 2020)
- Please Ring the Doorbell – A Delivery Story (VVG: July 15, 2020)
- Ko Ko for Koko Analytics – Early Impressions (NAF: July 16, 2020)
- Matt Damon’s Brooklyn Heights Crane Game (OM: July 17, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 11 (July 18, 2020) (NAF: July 18, 2020)
- Capo vs Capo, a TikTok Debacle (VVG: July 21, 2020)
- The Model and the Model Maker (NAF: July 22, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 12 (July 25, 2020) (NAF: July 25, 2020)
- Teaching the Art of the Video Game Snafu (NAF: July 25, 2020)
- I don’t want your emu and I don’t have to feed it (NAF: July 29, 2020)
- Seeing Hopkins-Jones II at the Theater (NAF: July 31, 2020)
August 2020
- The 999 Life of Herman Cain (NAF: August 1, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 13 (NAF: August 1, 2020)
- CNN Hides the Fruit of Forbidden Knowledge (NAF: August 2, 2020)
- The Little Stream Mushroom (VVG: August 4, 2020)
- Tik Tok for TikTok on Federal Government Devices (NAF: August 8, 2020)
- NLJ Week in Review 14 (Aug 8, 2020 (NAF: August 8, 2020)
- The Maybe-Albino Sparrow in the Heights (NAF: August 12, 2020)
- A Lemon-Flavored Motherboard (NAF: August 14, 2020)
- A Tanka on Avoiding Mosquitoes (NAF: August 15, 2020)
- A Wayward Emu Loses Its Way to the Emu Café (NAF: August 16, 2020)
- Tranquility at the Foot of the Manhattan Bridge (NAF: August 17, 2020)
- New Computer, New Leaf (NAF: August 23, 2020)
- Bulding an Airline Res-O-Glas Guitar Copy (VVG: August 26, 2020)
- A Brave Little Tree Grows in Manhattan (NAF: August 27, 2020)
- Reviewing The Great Suspender Extension (NAF: August 28, 2020)
- New Leaf Journal August 2020 Review (NAF: August 30, 2020)
September 2020
- The Fallen Treen in Brooklyn Heights (NAF: September 1, 2020)
- The Pigeon in the Puddle (NAF: September 2, 2020)
- 75th Anniversary of the Japanese Surrender (NAF: September 2, 2020)
- The BunnyPress Chronicles: Story and Review (NAF: September 3, 2020)
- The End of the Western Roman Empire (NAF: September 4, 2020)
- Bed in Summer, Bed in Winter (NAF: September 5, 2020)
- Pressed Flowers and Butterfly on Canvas (NAF: September 6, 2020)
- Our Friend the House Centpede (NAF: September 7, 2020)
- Learning How to Change a Twitter Username (NAF: September 8, 2020)
- Ambiguous Killer Hallucinogenic Weed Headline (NAF: September 9, 2020)
- Is my cat deaf, or does she not just give a… (VVG: September 10, 2020)
- Some Thoughts to Mark September 11, 2020 (NAF: September 11, 2020)
- 100 Articles and Counting at The New Leaf Journal (NAF: September 12, 2020)
- The Red Car on Roosevelt Island (NAF: September 13, 2020)
- Struggles With a Fresh Install of Peppermint OS (NAF: September 14, 2020)
- Appellate Courts and Lower Court Defiance (NAF: September 15, 2020)
- The Pony-Sizing Cannon (NAF: September 16, 2020)
- A More Perfect Constitution Day (NAF: September 17, 2020)
- Lysander and Cyrus the Younger’s Garden (NAF: September 18, 2020)
- Augustus and the Comedy of Life (NAF: September 19, 2020)
- Reflections on Digital Music Shows (VVG: September 20, 2020)
- The Mysterious Pinterest Tracker (NAF: September 21, 2020)
- The Pigeon on a Step (NAF: September 22, 2020)
- Immigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case (NAF: September 23, 2020)
- The Great Suspender and Twitter Stardom (NAF: September 24, 2020)
- The Steps on the Triborough Bridge (NAF: September 25, 2020)
- The Longest Year of School Finally Ends (NAF: September 26, 2020)
- Working to Save The Bitter End (VVG: September 27, 2020)
- The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII (NAF: September 28, 2020)
- First Date Questions About Jail History (NAF: September 29, 2020)
- New Leaf September 2020 Review (NAF: September 30, 2020)
October 2020
- Setting Up SoloKeys with Peppermint OS (NAF: October 1, 2020)
- Nineteenth Century Autumn Dress Trends (NAF: October 3, 2020)
- Victor V. Gurbo Makes a Video Game (VVG: October 5, 2020)
- Response to Victor – Victor’s Tyrannical Tendencies (NAF: October 6, 2020)
- Camels, Ticks, and Inter-Middle East Put-Downs (NAF: October 7, 2020)
- The New Leaf Journal Hosts Google Fonts Locally (NAF: October 9, 2020)
- An Optical Audio Cable Packaging Story (NAF: October 10, 2020)
- Victor Expands His Jingzi Jingzi Game Project (NAF: October 11, 2020)
- The Pinterest Tracking Script Has Left Us (NAF: October 12, 2020)
- Farming Gold Roses for Money in Animal Crossing (VVG: October 13, 2020)
- Winds of New Beginnings: Pokémon Gold & Silver (NAF: October 15, 2020)
- New Bark Town and The New Leaf Journal Slogan (NAF: October 16, 2020)
- Justin & Justina 〜 The Dangers of Heroism (NAF: October 17, 2020)
- The Happy Halloween Ghost (NAF: October 18, 2020)
- The Aesthetic Digital Environment (NAF: October 19, 2020)
- Two Downed Stop Signs in Brooklyn Heights (NAF: October 20, 2020)
- Experiences in the Yandex Webmaster Portal (NAF: October 21, 2020)
- Halloween and the Pumpkin with a Mask (NAF: October 23, 2020)
- Whyever Do The Cicadas Cry – A Study of a Word (NAF: October 24, 2020)
- Trying Open Camera on BlackBerry Classic (NAF: October 25, 2020)
- Halloween Spiders in Brooklyn (NAF: October 27, 2020)
- Economical Halloween Scarecrows (NAF: October 28, 2020)
- The Trick-Or-Treating Halloween Daycare Ghost (NAF: October 29, 2020)
- The Heroic Fallen Trash Can Rescue in Gowanus (NAF: October 30, 2020)
- Visual Novel Review: Bad End (NAF: October 31, 2020)
November 2020
- New Leaf Journal October 2020 Month in Review (NAF: November 1, 2020)
- The L-Shaped Desk on Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn (NAF: November 3, 2020)
- Women’s Fashion Trends for January 1841 (NAF: November 5, 2020)
- The Bees of October (NAF: November 6, 2020)
- The Wicked Car of the Gowanus – Car with Hat (NAF: November 7, 2020)
- Recursive Fun With Yandex Search Carousels (NAF: November 8, 2020)
- Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters (NAF: November 10, 2020)
- Veterans Day and World War I Double Quarantines (NAF: November 11, 2020)
- An Early Review of Pixelfed – Instagram Alternative (NAF: November 13, 2020)
- Justin & Justina 〜 The Pumpkin Taker (NAF: November 14, 2020)
- Persona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam) (NAF: November 15, 2020)
- A Query About Multi-Path Video Games (VVG: November 17, 2020)
- Saw-whet? The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Owl (NAF: November 19, 2020)
- The Holiday Inflatable Dragon in Brooklyn (NAF: November 20, 2020)
- Like a Verbal Tic (NAF: November 21, 2020)
- “Coffee Fruit Punch” – A Cookbook Abomination (NAF: November 23, 2020)
- Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation (NAF: November 25, 2020)
- On Children and Internet Sharing (NAF: November 27, 2020)
- “Technological Imbecile” Retweeted by President (NAF: November 28, 2020)
- On Choices in Story-Heavy Video Games (NAF: November 29, 2020)
- New Leaf Journal November 2020 Review (NAF: November 30, 2020)
December 2020
- Historic Districts and Looming Tall Buildings (NAF: December 1, 2020)
- Reviewing the HALOmask and är Mask (VVG: December 2, 2020)
- Justin & Justina 〜 A 5% Chance of Rain (NAF: December 3, 2020)
- Sowell on Walter Williams and Objective Teaching (NAF: December 4, 2020)
- Proposals for Fact-Checking Reform (NAF: December 6, 2020)
- Apollodorus and the Gourds of Hadrian (NAF: December 8, 2020)
- Most Important Dylan Songs By Half-Decade (VVG: December 9, 2020)
- Upcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle (NAF: December 11, 2020)
- The Case for 1-to-0 Decades (NAF: December 12, 2020)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web I (Editors: December 13, 2020)
- Kaga no Chiyo Autumn Haiku on Unrequited Love (NAF: December 14, 2020)
- Mary Lennox and Winter Walks (NAF: December 16, 2020)
- Brooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights (NAF: December 17, 2020)
- Walking with Epictetus in the Snow (NAF: December 18, 2020)
- Justin & Justina 〜 AD vs CE (NAF: December 19, 2020)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web II (Editors: December 20, 2020)
- The Wit and Losses of Robert Morris (NAF: December 21, 2020)
- The Quarantine Sessions: Covering The Beatles (VVG: December 22, 2020)
- An Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus (NAF: December 23, 2020)
- Justin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle (NAF: December 24, 2020)
- Snowman with One-Eyed Frog Hat – Pure Evil? (NAF: December 26, 2020)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web III (Editors: December 27, 2020)
- Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) (NAF: December 29, 2020)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Car with Antlers (NAF: December 30, 2020)
- New Leaf Eve: December NLJ Month in Review (NAF: December 31, 2020)
January 2021
- Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 (NAF: January 1, 2021)
- The Unicorn in the Snow in Brooklyn (NAF: January 2, 2021)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web IV (NAF: January 3, 2021)
- Why Vintage Guitars Sound Better (VVG: January 4, 2021)
- Reviewing January 1897 Birds: A Monthly Serial (NAF: January 5, 2021)
- Implementing Article Series With WP Post Series (NAF: January 6, 2021)
- A Charming Hometown Tax System Story (NAF: January 7, 2021)
- The Two Decade Mario Party Finally Ends (NAF: January 8, 2021)
- Bird in Review 〜 The Nonpareil (NAF: January 9, 2021)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web V (Editors: January 10, 2021)
- The Rotting Pumpkin 〜 A Salvador Dali Painting (NAF: January 11, 2021)
- The American Bee Journal World’s Fair Report (NAF: January 12, 2021)
- Bird in Review 〜 Resplendent Trogon (NAF: January 13, 2021)
- The Found Parakeet of Brooklyn Bridge Park (NAF: January 14, 2021)
- A Miniature Portrait of Laura Coombs Hills (NAF: January 15, 2021)
- Bird in Review 〜 Mandarin Duck (NAF: January 16, 2021)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web VI (Editors: January 17, 2021)
- Follow The New Leaf Journal Pixelfed Atom Feed (NAF: January 18, 2021)
- Usagi Drop 〜 A Complicated Anime Pick (NAF: January 19, 2021)
- A Pigeon on a Step in Sunset Park (NAF: January 20, 2021)
- The Falcon of The Queensboro Bridge (NAF: January 22, 2021)
- Bird in Review 〜 The Golden Pheasant (NAF: January 23, 2021)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web VII (NAF: January 24, 2021)
- Justin & Justina 〜 Existential Social Media Misery (NAF: January 25, 2021)
- From Planes to Trains in Switzerland (NAF: January 26, 2021)
- Interesting Case on Japan’s Dual Citizenship Ban (NAF: January 27, 2021)
- Bird in Review 〜 Australian Grass Parakeet (NAF: January 29, 2021)
- New Leaf Journal January 2021 Review (NAF: January 30, 2021)
- NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web VIII (NAF: January 31, 2021)
February 2021
- Bird in Review 〜 The Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock (NAF: February 1, 2021)
- Justin & Justina 〜 On Robin Hood and GameStop (NAF: February 2, 2021)
- The Arrival of Sparrows in the United States (NAF: February 3, 2021)
- A Bike in the Snow in Brooklyn (NAF: February 4, 2021)
- Blob Dylan(?) Seen in Bushwick (NAF: February 5, 2021)
- Around the Web 〜 Hair Dye in Japanese Schools (NAF: February 7, 2021)
- Fish Art in DUMBO’s Main Street Park in 2008 (NAF: February 8, 2021)
- LoveChoice Review 〜 A Steam Visual Novel (NAF: February 9, 2021)
- Bird in Review 〜 The Red Bird of Paradise
- The Pigeon on a Limb (NAF: February 11, 2021)
- Iroha Isshiki’s Hair is Brown, as Expected? (NAF: February 12, 2021)
- The Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago (NAF: February 13, 2021)
- Photographing a Squirrel Kiss in Three Acts (NAF: February 14, 2021)
- The Golden Maple Leaf Journal (NAF: February 16, 2021)
- Justin & Justina 〜 White Day Reciprocity (NAF: February 17, 2021)
- “Washington’s Birthday” Poem by Sangster (NAF: February 18, 2021)
- “Like… and Like… Yeah” – The Abuse of Like (NAF: February 19, 2021)
- Quarantine Session: Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues (NAF: February 20, 2021)
- Around the Web 〜 RSS as a Facebook Alternative (NAF: February 21, 2021)
- A Children’s Poem on George Washington (NAF: February 22, 2021)
- Bird in Review 〜 Yellow Throated Toucan (NAF: February 23, 2021)
- DHS Horse Appropriations and CBP Horse Patrol (NAF: February 24, 2021)
- “Mondrian” – Victor V. Gurbo on his Original Song (VVG: February 25, 2021)
- Reviewing the Mondrian Theme for KDE Plasma (NAF: February 26, 2021)
- Snowman with Mask 〜 It’s the thought that counts (NAF: February 27, 2021)
- New Leaf Journal February 2021 Review (NAF: February 28, 2021)